I learned the basics of small water fly fishing from my dad, a former Orvis guide and dry fly purist, who favored the small creeks and streams of western Virginia where I grew up. I used to question ...

JIM THORPE, Pa. — We'll sit down with expert fly tyer Tom Lienhard and watch as he ties up a sulfur emerger dry fly.

The Eagle River transitions rapidly into the ideal fly-fishing river for both the floating angler and the wading fly fisher. The window usually closes quickly, but this season the floating has held ...