DULUTH — "I’m a professional stay-at-home dad with a YouTube channel," Gunnar Brammer said when asked to describe his job. "I guess I’m a professional fly tier, too, since I teach fly-tying classes ...

Bob Patlen of Kinnelon, N.J. talks April 23, 2026, during a fly tying reunion in Seven Springs, Pa., about fly fishing with ...

The wedged head of a Drunk & Disorderly creates an action that puts trout in kill mode. (Photo: Joe Cermele) The first time I ever fished a Drunk & Disorderly, I hated the fly. A friend had given the ...

Winners have been announced of a recent fly tying contest sponsored by Bob Marriott’s Flyfishing Store in Fullerton. The judging was done by three master fly tyers — Skip Morris, Bob Quigley and Bill ...

With the high water in effect, anglers have been chucking some meat in the off-colored conditions, taunting trout filled with hunger pains. Broad, dark streamers catch the watchful eye of weary trout.

With the start of New Hampshire’s salmon fishing season a couple weeks away, I knew it was just a matter of time before Mike or Bob dropped by to ask me to tie up a few streamer flies for them. That ...

A landlocked salmon caught on a Golden Retriever on the Rapid River during Maine’s spring fishing season. Credit: Marc McDonald The BDN outdoors section brings readers into the woods, waters and wild ...

Being a little unconventional can be the key to consistently catching trout all season long. Many years ago, I came upon a different approach to trout fishing while fishing the west branch of New York ...

The first time I ever fished a Drunk & Disorderly, I hated the fly. A friend had given the streamer to me in 2015, swearing it was a next-level ringer. All I knew about it was that the unique head, ...