Since fishing flies are made mostly with the hair and feathers of animals, he now has to research and list the country of origin of every little bit of turkey, rooster, caribou, and cow that ends up as an ingredient in every trout and salmon fly in a shipment.

Even the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is doing their part to control the borders and doing a very effective job of stemming the flow of foreign-tied fishing flies into this country.

At least that’s what Carl Burnett, Jr of the Lancaster (OH) Eagle-Gazette thinks.

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Besides learning to tie my own flies, my winter will probably be spent reading Jerry Kustich’s new book, “A Wisp in the Wind”. The book takes readers behind the scenes in a bamboo rod-making shop - specifically, the shop at R.L Winston.

According to an Associated Press report, the four craftsmen who build bamboo fly fishing rods for R.L. Winston Rod Co. are quitting the company.
Winston has moved two rod builders from their graphite shop, but with the four bamboo craftsmen scheduled to leave by the end of January, can they really expect to produce as […]

Montana, Wyoming and Idaho are considered the golden triangle of fly-fishing in the U.S. - but cooler night-time temperatures all over the country are causing anglers to begin anticipating the arrival of fall and better fly fishing results.