Tying fly patterns an indoor activity worth considering If the COVID-19 outbreak has you staying home for Nevada, perhaps now is the time to take up a new hobby. (Getty Images) ...

The Eastern Idaho Fly Tying and Fly Fishing Expo is back after a three-year, pandemic-induced hiatus, and attendees are sure to notice some big changes. “Big” being the operative word for this ...

Fly fishermen want them but are finding them increasingly hard to get. It’s fashion versus tradition. There’s hot competition these days, in Maine and across the nation, for dry fly-tying ...

The annual East Idaho Fly Tying Expo is planned at the Mountain America Center in Idaho Falls on Friday, Feb. 14 and Saturday, Feb. 15. This year’s event is happening ...

IDAHO FALLS — Fishermen and -women of all ages are meeting up for fly tying, fish tales and more at the 29th East Idaho Fly Fishing and Tying Expo this weekend at the Mountain America Center.

Local angler and fly tyer Dan McGuire will be hosting a fly-tying demonstration on Saturday, Jan. 13, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at East Rosebud Fly Shop.

The Montana Fly Co. offers more than 1,000 fly patterns, from Adams to zonkers, and from micro-midges to monster "double-bunny" pike streamers, each in four or five different sizes. "Last year ...

Jackson sits at a desk with a small vise and considers which bugs are hatching on the nearby North Platte. Midges in the morning. Pale morning duns until about 2 p.m., yellow sallies in the afternoon, ...

After a three-year hiatus caused by the effects of COVID-19, the annual East Idaho Fly Tying and Fly Fishing Expo will return to Idaho Falls for its 27th year.

I have a new favorite nymph pattern that I have dubbed — pun intended — Dan’s Killer Rubber Leg Nymph. For those of you unfamiliar with fly tying terminology, dubbing ...