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Trout Unlimited Fly-Tying Courses – 2025

Fly Tying

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 15, 2025. Classes consist of instructor-led… Read More

Little Marryat

Rusty Dunn fly - Little Marryat

Fountains of Youth – Classic trout flies that have withstood the test of time … flies that remain “forever young” by Rusty Dunn When you next tie a size #20 fly to your leader, give some thought to… Read More

The Original Pheasant Tail

The Original Pheasant Tail

Fountains of Youth – Classic trout flies that have withstood the test of time … flies that remain “forever young” by Rusty Dunn What is your absolute favorite trout fly? The fly that catches trout for you on… Read More

Michigan Hopper / Joe’s Hopper

Michigan Hopper

Fountains of Youth – Classic trout flies that have withstood the test of time … flies that remain “forever young” by Rusty Dunn Walk through late summer grasses on your way to a trout stream and – if… Read More

Orange Partridge

The technology of fly tying took a giant leap forward in 2,640 BC when, according to legend, a Chinese Em­press named Leizu discovered that the natural glue of silk­worm cocoons could be softened in hot water and a long thin filament of pure silk unwound from each cocoon.

Adams Midge

Adams Midge - Rusty Dunn

Fountains of Youth – Classic trout flies that have withstood the test of time … flies that remain “forever young” by Rusty Dunn “Of all feathers required for fly dressing, the hackle is the most important and, unfortunately,… Read More

Renegade

Renegade

Fountains of Youth – Classic trout flies that have withstood the test of time … flies that remain “forever young” by Rusty Dunn ‘Match the hatch’ is a comforting principle to live by. See an insect; tie on… Read More

Grouse Hackle

Grouse Hackle

Fountains of Youth – Classic trout flies that have withstood the test of time … flies that remain “forever young” by Rusty Dunn Historians trace the cultural beginnings of recreational fly fishing and the ethics of “the gentle… Read More

Barr Emerger (PMD)

Barr Emerger (PMD)

Fountains of Youth – Classic trout flies that have withstood the test of time … flies that remain “forever young” by Rusty Dunn The year is 1975, in early summer. An experienced angler fishes a PMD hatch on… Read More

Terrific Tying Teaching Time

A few photos from our free fly tying classes, courtesy Henry Nehls-Lowe.