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SWTU Fly-tying Courses – 2024

Free of charge – Registration opens soon 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… Read More

Dark Spanish Needle

Dark Spanish Needle

Fountains of Youth – Classic trout flies that have withstood the test of time … flies that remain “forever young” by Rusty Dunn Stoneflies are sometimes the forgotten insects of a trout stream. Their numbers rarely exceed those… Read More

Snipe and Purple

Snipe & Purple

The next time you’re near a trout stream, look closely among the ground cover and leaf litter.  You’ll be astonished by the number and variety of ants.

Red Fox Squirrel Hair Nymph

Rod Fox Squirrel Hair Nymph

The next time you’re near a trout stream, look closely among the ground cover and leaf litter.  You’ll be astonished by the number and variety of ants.

Medium Olive Nymph

Medium Olive Nymph

The next time you’re near a trout stream, look closely among the ground cover and leaf litter.  You’ll be astonished by the number and variety of ants.

Neversink Skater

Fountains of Youth – Classic trout flies that have withstood the test of time … flies that remain “forever young” by Rusty Dunn Summer approaches, and the sweet of the year is fading fast.  The abundant hatches of… Read More

Light Cahill Wet Fly

Light Cahill Wet Fly

Fountains of Youth – Classic trout flies that have withstood the test of time … flies that remain “forever young” by Rusty Dunn Arnold Gingrich was a man of influence in a city of power.  He founded Esquire… Read More

Delaware Adams

Delaware Adams

Fountains of Youth – Classic trout flies that have withstood the test of time … flies that remain “forever young” by Rusty Dunn A 12 year old boy named Walt moves with his family to Roscoe, NY in… Read More

Jim Slattery’s Original Stimulator

Stimulator Fly - Rusty Dunn

Fountains of Youth – Classic trout flies that have withstood the test of time … flies that remain “forever young” by Rusty Dunn In today’s world of instant communication, each of us is but one TikTok video away… Read More

Dark Olive Nymph

Dark Olive Nymph by Rusty Dunn

Fountains of Youth – Classic trout flies that have withstood the test of time … flies that remain “forever young” by Rusty Dunn The year is 1892.  A young attorney casts dry flies to ris­ing trout on the… Read More