I’m not sure if it was the freight train sound of the wind or the incessant tapping of frozen flakes on my den window that made me lay down my tools and stare outside. It was about a week ago and only ...

A few weeks ago, I wrote an article about tying flies to pass time during Maine’s long winters. Since then I’ve had a bunch of emails and texts, a couple of phone calls and several random face-to-face ...

Streamer flies can mimic a variety of forage, but none is more common than baitfish. Unlike dry flies that match floating insects, and nymphs that look like aquatic insects in their larval stages, ...

Fishing elegantly-dressed dry flies on the surface is the most glamorized way to take trout. But if you want to score on jumbo fish, tie on a streamer. Streamers will fool all species of trout and in ...

Carrie Sevens was born in 1882 in Maine and lived there her entire life. While she never ventured far from home her reputation as a fly tier is known around the world and her streamer fly patterns ...

While flipping through a couple of wholesale fly company catalogs recently, it occurred to me that the number of saltwater patterns has skyrocketed in the last few years. I’ve been tying for over 40 ...