Successful fly fishing is largely dependent on using the right pattern. Lists of “go-to” flies exist in many publications and online resources, and every seasoned angler has those few patterns they ...

BOISE — For a 49-year-old manager of a fly fishing shop, Jim Bernstein spends an awful lot of time on the phone with hairdressers. They bought out his display of hackles — the long, skinny rooster ...

Don’t get your hackles up, but high feather prices for fly tyers aren’t going way down anytime too soon. For a couple of years now, prices have skyrocketed for superior fly-tying hackles, being bought ...