With trout season just around the corner, I continue to struggle to fill my fly boxes with enough flies to carry me through the year. Every year I promise myself that I will get an early start to my ...

The Quill Gordon is a staple of the Catskill style of dry fly design, defined by split upright wings, stiff hackle and a ...

ARKVILLE — Join photographer, fly-tyer and outdoor guide Mark Loete as he shares his experience creating the photography exhibit Catskill Fly Tying: the Art of Artifice. Loete’s talk will be held ...

The Huntington Memorial Library is fortunate to have Dave Brandt, master fly-tyer, display his work during the month of May. Stop by to see his famous, traditional Catskill dry flies. In the Spring ...

An artist’s reception and fly tying demonstration will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, in conjunction with the exhibit, “Catskill Fly Tying: the Art of Artifice.” According to a media release, the ...

The judges have ooh-ed and ahh-ed, wowed and raised their eyebrows, and after some debate Saturday, the results are in for the Times Herald-Record's first fly-tying contest, sponsored by Thruway ...

Stanley Cooper Jr.’s connection to the forefathers of American-style fly tying has earned him a place among the legends of the craft. But that’s not the only reason why Cooper, who resides in Hanover ...

This time of year is a good time to replenish trout flies that were lost last year. Like others, I have been wrapping furs and feathers onto hooks, concentrating primarily on flies to be used on our ...