Studies have shown that on some waters, during parts of the season, trout actually eat more terrestrial insects than anything else. It's in these time periods—summer through fall—that you should experiment with ant, beetle, and grasshopper imitations on your home waters....MORE

Before you buy your next fly-tying vise, see how it measures up against the competition. Hans Weilenmann and Bruce Salzburg examine the pros and cons of nearly every vise on the market, including three new vises for 2006: the Renzetti Apprentise, HMH Silhouette, and HMH Silhouette SX....MORE

Scott Sanchez tours the fly-tying world, describing everything from antelope hair to Zelon, and how fly-tiers can use these materials to make effective freshwater and saltwater patterns....MORE

Learn how selection and breeding have improved hackle quality....MORE

Details on thread material and construction that will make you a better fly tier....MORE

Jason and Gary Borger use QuickTime Video to demonstrate the Double Hitch, Hand Whip-Finish, and Matarelli Whip-finish Tool....MORE

Learn here from Ted Leeson and Jim Schollmeyer, creators of the Fly Tier's Benchside Reference, how to tie upright mayfly wings....MORE

From midges to bonefish flies, cul de canard (CDC) is equally at home in dry, wet, nymph, and saltwater patterns. Extra Bonus: Learn to tie the CDC&Elk with a 5-minute Windows Media video!...MORE

Learn from fly tier Hans Weilenmann how to wrap your hackle backward for studier flies with smaller heads....MORE

Learn to tie one of the flies in the Catskill style and you can tie them all....MORE

Russell Blessing's Woolly Bugger is a variation of an old Scottish fly pattern called the Woolly Worm, but tied with a long marabou tail instead of a stubby red yarn tail. ...MORE

A traditional Hare's-ear Nymph is tied by dubbing fur from the face and ears of a hare onto your tying thread, and then wrapping this dubbing rope to create the fly body....MORE

The Flashback Pheasant-tail Nymph is a deadly pattern on any trout stream. The fly can be tied as small as #18-24 to imitate Trico and Baetis nymphs or as large as #10-12 to imitate stoneflies, mayflies and cased caddis....MORE

Perhaps the most famous American dry flies is the Adams—a pattern that is a passable imitation of all mayfly duns....MORE

The Gulper Special, designed by Al Troth of Dillon, Montana, in sizes 14 through 18, is the favored fly on Montana's Hebgen Lake during its famous Callibaetis hatches. In smaller sizes it is a good Baetis and Trico imitation....MORE

The thorax-style dry flies that resulted from Vince Marinaro's research were tied with hackle-tip wings set in the center of the body for better balance, and the hackle wound in X wraps behind and in front of the wing. learn to tie a modern version of this dry-fly classic....MORE

Perhaps the easiest way to imitate the horizontal wings of this important stage of the mayfly lifecycle are with various types of yarn such as Antron, polypropylene, or Hi Vis with a dubbed body. ...MORE

The Sparkle Dun allows you to fish three stages of the mayfly life cycle with a single fly....MORE