AS A KID growing up in Athens, Alabama, Brandon Bailes used to spend a lot of time in his grandfather’s woodshop. His grandpa would cut a block of cedar for Bailes, then sketch something on it—the ...

Don Gapen created the Muddler Minnow in the 1930s to imitate sculpins in Ontario's Nipigon River. This iconic fly features a ...

The classic hair popper is as much a work of art as it is a lethal fish catcher. Courtesy of Brandon Bailes Surface flies made of tightly-spun deer belly hair have been catching bass for more than a ...

Master deer hair fly tier Mike George demonstrates how he makes his creations. Michael Pearce The Wichita Eagle OVERLAND PARK – Watch him work and you will recognize Mike George is a sculptor. Using ...

Summer is the time for fly anglers to take advantage of topwater action for warm water species such as bass and bream. A bass crashing the surface to smash a popping bug is exciting fishing, and a ...

The white head and fan tail of a Bald eagle flew out of the riverbank trees, turned to give us a look, then pumped its wings to cruise downstream. A covey of Wood ducks, spooked by the table-size bird ...