It’s 7 p.m. Wednesday and as the wind howls across Fort Collins, a crowd forms around the table of Rick Takahashi. The half-dozen anglers from Northern Colorado huddle around Takahashi, watching in ...

There’s no official fly-tying season, but if there was it would be in the depths of winter. The image of a fly tier hunched over their fly-tying vise on a cold winter’s night is about as romantic as ...

As the days shorten and the temperature drops, I start plotting a methodical fly-tying program, one that ensures the most essential flies are tied long before they’re needed. A day for hare’s ear and ...

"Put the bead on," Phil Pankow told his granddaughter. "You have to put it at an angle so the bead doesn’t get in the way." She slid the bead over the #14 hook held in a vise and angled it as she ...

It’s no mystery why I start thinking about fly tying every year around this time. The nights are getting longer and longer and I’ve convinced myself the fishing in December is never very good; ...

Spring arrived for me when the ice left area ponds and streams. Along with the departure of the ice came the arrival of midge hatches. Even more reliable than the first bird of spring is the first fly ...

It’s time for the monthly “what the heck is that?” site. Chironomids are, if the image on the opening page is any indication, a bizarre looking group of insects. Known as the midges, Chironomids are ...