Above my own fly-tying bench is a frame displaying two rare classic salmon flies from the workshop of Paul Little, the man considered by many to be Britain’s best tyer. The flies are meant to be ...

Next to being on a Maine trout pond with a fly rod during the much-heralded ... hook into a 4- or 5-pound silversides. Called the Classic Salmon Initiative, SAM’s goal is to encourage public ...

Lemire's path down a road no longer traveled began a decade ago when his wife, Marlene, bought him T.E. Price-Tannett's classic 19th century fly-tying book, "How to Dress Atlantic Salmon Flies." ...

BAR NUNN - Clearly you don't need a fully dressed Atlantic salmon fly to catch a fish with a brain the size of a peanut any more than you need a vintage Bentley Continental to buzz down to the ...

“It’s the ultimate underdog, an overachiever fly,” Bill Pierce says, dependable for trout and salmon, known to eat smaller fish. Created in 1878 by Henry P. Wells, the original was made of white ...

Burton, who has been tying flies for 15 years, took a class to learn the basics. Since then he has progressed to make increasingly complex designs, including classic salmon flies. Some are from ...