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Trout Unlimited Fly-Tying Courses – 2027

Trout Unlimited invites you to learn fly tying or im­prove your tying skills this winter. Experienced SWTU instructors will teach both beginning and intermediate level fly-tying courses in Fitchburg starting Wednesday January 13, 2027. Both beginning and intermediate… Read More

Wooly Worm

Rusty Dunn Wooly Worm Fly Tying

Fountains of Youth – Classic trout flies that have withstood the test of time … flies that remain “forever young” by Rusty Dunn Are you an aspiring trout bum? If so, load up the van, crank up the… Read More

Peeking Caddis

Rusty Dunn Peeking Caddis

Fountains of Youth – Classic trout flies that have withstood the test of time … flies that remain “forever young” by Rusty Dunn Stoneflies are named as such for the stony-bottomed, well-oxygenated streams that the insects prefer. May­flies… Read More

March Brown Nymph

March Brown Nymph (Rusty Dunn)

Fountains of Youth – Classic trout flies that have withstood the test of time … flies that remain “forever young” by Rusty Dunn Have you ever thought about designing the perfect trout fly? A fly that is simple,… Read More

Gold-Ribbed Hare’s Ear Nymph

Rusty Dunn fly Gold-RIbbed Hare's Ear

Fountains of Youth – Classic trout flies that have withstood the test of time … flies that remain “forever young” by Rusty Dunn Some of history’s most famous trout and salmon flies are frighteningly complex. This is especially… Read More

Rusty Spinner (Marinaro-style)

Rusty Dunn Rusty Spinner

Fountains of Youth – Classic trout flies that have withstood the test of time … flies that remain “forever young” by Rusty Dunn A few dozen miles southeast of London lie peaceful val­leys of the Hampshire countryside, where… Read More

Light Hendrickson (Art Flick)

Light Hendrickson Rusty Dunn

Fountains of Youth – Classic trout flies that have withstood the test of time … flies that remain “forever young” by Rusty Dunn At some point between mid-April and mid-May in the East and upper Midwest, fly an­glers… Read More

Brown Owl

Brown Owl Rusty Dunn fishing fly

Fountains of Youth – Classic trout flies that have withstood the test of time … flies that remain “forever young” by Rusty Dunn If the history of fly fishing is viewed with the mirror of time, dry-fly fishing… Read More

SWTU Fy Tying Classes: Teaching a New Vise

SWTU Fly Tying Class

Students and instructors have been busy improving skills and whipping out flies as they approach halfway through SWTU’s 8-week Beginning and Intermediate fly tying classes. Here are a couple photos courtesy Henry Nehls-Lowe …

Halford’s Rough Olive

Fly Tying Rusty Dunn: Halford's Rough Olive

Fountains of Youth – Classic trout flies that have withstood the test of time … flies that remain “forever young” by Rusty Dunn The period shortly before and after 1900 was a time of upheaval in the fly-fishing… Read More