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 ...

A colorful fly pattern known as the Royal Coachman Bucktail was my Grandpa Harry’s secret weapon. This conclusion follows two decades of observing his catch on the South Fork of the Walla Walla River.

A colorful Little Brook Trout streamer works well to catch much larger versions of its namesake after ice-out on local waterways. Credit: Courtesy of Bill Graves I used my paddle to push the ...

Cap’s Special was the last in a line of Rock-A-Roo jigs marketed by the late C.J. “Cap” Kennedy of Arnold’s Park, Iowa. This one is fresh from my vise, and is shown with a brochure Cap handed out at ...