On July 20, 1969, as Neil Armstrong was becoming the first man to put bootprints on the moon, I was getting my first introduction to the sport of fly-fishing on an icy mountain stream in Idaho. It ...

From the cheap seats - with all 10 thumbs folded neatly in your lap - this fly-tying business looks simple enough. That's how Rick Nelson makes it look, at least, as he weaves rabbit fur, marabou, ...

He opens a silver box about the size of a thin paperback book to reveal several rows of neatly displayed flies. The yellow-and-black imitation bugs are lined up side-by-side. There’s a row of crane ...

The Hudson Valley lost a great angler, fly tier and person on Feb. 18. Born and raised in Poughkeepsie, Dick Talleur has been a household name in fly fishing for decades. Although he later moved to ...