Proper Atlantic salmon flies use handmade, "blind eye" hooks. Rather than the modern system of bending a loop at the end of the hook's shaft to hold the line, ...

The fly we're going to do today is a salmon fly imitation. It's one I call breaking bad, so the hook that I'm going to tie this on for salmon flies is a size 6 3X long. So let's look at the ...

In a sense, the sport of fly fishing has grown so far from its traditional roots that it can sometimes be hard to separate it from conventional fishing. A trout caught on the fly. Tom Koerner / USFWS.

Dennis Schrantz (bottom), recently caught this 28-inch, 13-pound king during his annual fly fishing trip to the Salmon River. Schrantz's buddy, Alan “Cowboy” Swanson, of Sarver, Penn., (top ...

A 12 year old from Centre County, Pennsylvania makes high quality flies for fly fishing. ... who ended up selling the customer $175 worth of custom salmon flies for his late summer fishing trip.

Lodge guest Kaari Wicklund dropped her salmon fly into the perfect spot, and the rest of us could only watch as she began a nearly 15-minute fight against the 8- or 9-pound fish that took her well ...

Such rare and precious fibers don't get slapped down on just any hook. Proper Atlantic salmon flies use handmade, "blind eye" hooks. Rather than the modern system of bending a loop at the end of ...