On July 20, 1969, as Neil Armstrong was becoming the first man to put bootprints on the moon, I was getting my first introduction to the sport of fly-fishing on an icy mountain stream in Idaho. It ...

Aleta is a writer living in the Rocky Mountain foothills of Santa Fe, New Mexico. She enjoys vinyasa flow on the park grass with her two young boys. New perk: Easily find new routes and hidden gems, ...

Dennis Potter peers over his glasses to make sure everyone gets it, the students who have driven from Detroit to take an all day fly-tying class at his home. Suddenly he bellows, "No. No. No!" The ...

Tying season is nearly upon us, and glancing through my boxes alerted me to the fact that I have a lot of work to do this winter. I have trouble sleeping when I am getting low on certain patterns, and ...

With a gust of wind, the ice and snow have swapped places for rain and puddles. It may only be March, but spring is in the air. No doubt, many folks are not ready to retire their tip-ups, but with ...

It’s a two-step dance, this fly-fishing. First you learn to tie and select an effective fly. Then you develop the skill to deliver it. An April 29 event at Orvis Englewood will help you learn both.

Frigid weather over the winter holidays is continuing through this week, and plenty of outdoors-loving people are beginning to get that cabin fever feeling. The Hokendauqua Chapter of Trout Unlimited ...

WARRENTON -- Forty years ago, on a secret chicken farm in Warrenton, Henry Hoffman started a revolution in fly-fishing. Hoffman, 73, is a meticulous fly-fisherman who spent decades studying the ...

The Hudson Valley lost a great angler, fly tier and person on Feb. 18. Born and raised in Poughkeepsie, Dick Talleur has been a household name in fly fishing for decades. Although he later moved to ...