Tom Yocom is in Conservation World at the Illinois State Fair each day to teach people the art of fly fishing, and he says compared to regular fishing, fly fishing is “a little more like shooting ...

Jack Bauknecht finds relaxation tying lures for fly fishing, a skill the Vietnam veteran learned in Pensacola as an alternative therapy to treat post-traumatic stress disorder. While tying the tiny, ...

Elizabeth Greig, one of the country’s most accomplished women at tying fly-fishing lures who was known for her adeptness and her unusual technique, died on Sept. 7 at Highlands Lake Center-Genesis ...

Fishing with hand-tied flies is akin to hunting with duck decoys. A handmade fly is an artificial lure that either floats on or beneath the water’s surface. Made with brilliantly colored feathers, a ...

Kevin Kurz has been to some of the best fly-fishing locations in the world. But he knows there are hidden gems right here in his backyard. Kurz, who owns K&K Flyfishers in Overland Park, will tell you ...

Doug Conover has tried playing golf when he needs a break from his hectic job, but a bad game usually stresses him out even more. He has tried reading. Traveling. Running. Nothing truly relieved ...

I use to feel a bit awkward — a fishing writer and charter captain who did not know how to fly fish. So last week, I gave it a try under the direction of expert fly instructor and fly fishing guide Ed ...

Like many fly fishermen in Western Montana where the summer days are almost Arctic in length, I often do not start fishing until the cool of the evening. Then in the Arctic half-light of the canyon, ...

The whole concept for a story on the names people call fishing gear started when I stumbled on an ad for a Berkley bait called Extruded Maggot. A mental image immediately came to mind of a maggot ...

ELLENSBURG — Scott Rollins fly-fished for many years in the much-celebrated rivers of Montana before coming to Ellensburg eight years ago, and sometimes he goes back. Yet when the insurance business ...

Nowadays it seems that any serious book about fly-fishing must include thoughtful rumination on the angst and perils of the greater world beyond the stream. It is not sufficient to describe the act of ...