Mayflies thrive in the fertile waters around Vail. Mayflies are quiet, unobtrusive insects that hatch and sail away out of sight. Unlike the clownish bouncing of the caddis moths or the spectacular ...

Editor’s Note: This is another in a series of favorite flies used by members of Schuylkill County Trout Unlimited. Spring has finally arrived. That is evident by the sound of gobblers thundering each ...

Last week, I received an email from a friend of mine who lives in southeastern Pennsylvania. Like many fly-fishermen this time of year, he had been busy tying flies for the upcoming season, and that ...

The hunter who ties flies has a lot of natural materials available to him or her if he or she is observant. Take a mallard duck, for example. The wing quills have traditionally been used for quill ...

Do you have a sure fly that you fish nearly all the time? Do you switch flies constantly to try to come up with the most productive one? Do you select a fly based on current water conditions and ...