JIM THORPE, Pa. — We'll head to the fly shop of Tom Lienhard to watch him tie up a bass popper.

Fly-fishing is the purest form of fishing, or so it has been said. Nothing tops wading a stream, carefully presenting an artificial fly and fooling a fish into biting. Unless the fly was one you tied ...

MOUNT VERNON — Bruce Freet pulls up a chair at his meticulously organized fly-tying desk inside a room — part office, part man cave — of his Mount Vernon home. Like many fly fishermen, a decent chunk ...

Lifelong Brea resident and avid fly fisherman Cliff Hamilton learned how to tie Bass Poison Poppers, a type of fishing fly, from his neighbor, Hank Niverka. Several years later, when Hank passed away, ...

AS A KID growing up in Athens, Alabama, Brandon Bailes used to spend a lot of time in his grandfather’s woodshop. His grandpa would cut a block of cedar for Bailes, then sketch something on it—the ...

Professional fishing guide and Lake County native Jerry Sloan carries a complete inventory of baits and tackles for his clients. After a full day of pleasing them, he tosses a Queen Bee popper with an ...