It goes without saying no two fly fishermen tie their flies exactly alike, assuming of course, they tie their own flies. Experience, skill level, available materials and creative imagination all play ...

It goes without saying that trout flies vary from tier to tier, reflecting differences in skill level, available materials, imagination, creativity, etc. We’re free to experiment, our only judge being ...

On this trip, Fran caught trout on the AuSable Wulff, perhaps Betters’ most famous fly. How well I remember the good times we Berkshire anglers had up there. Some of those anglers have since passed ...

Two sad tidings were waiting for me upon my return from my Alaska trip. Early September marked the loss of two of the giants of the New York fly-fishing scene. Fran Betters and Ed Bendl both passed ...

I began making my pilgrimage to the Florida Keys in 1981 and continued to spend three months a year there for the next 20 years. I wanted to spend my time fly-fishing for the many different ocean ...

Wulff patterns are generally used as attractor patterns. That means they re not representative of a specific insect, but are a buggy looking offering used when there is no obvious insects showing on ...