Orvis makes fly-tying kits with materials to create several common fly patterns that have been proven to fool fish. Choose large fly patterns (size #10 or #12) first, as they’re easier to complete.

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The elder Craven punished young Charlie by buying him a fly-tying kit and telling him to replace the equipment. Thus began the career of “maybe the most versatile, productive tier ever,” according to ...

A.K. Best inspects a dragonfly fishing fly as he sits for a portrait last month at the workbench where he spent 40-plus years tying flies 2024, in Boulder. Best is a legend in the fly fishing ...