AS A KID growing up in Athens, Alabama, Brandon Bailes used to spend a lot of time in his grandfather’s woodshop. His grandpa would cut a block of cedar for Bailes, then sketch something on it—the ...

Don Gapen created the Muddler Minnow in the 1930s to imitate sculpins in Ontario's Nipigon River. This iconic fly features a ...

Tying flies has long been one of my favorite winter activities. I derive much pleasure from crafting a supply of the many fly patterns needed to restock my fly boxes for the upcoming trout season.

Dry-fly season has begun. Most of the fly anglers I know never really put their gear away. Seems like a rod is still within reach 12 months a year. But the flies occupying pockets on fishing vests do ...