Tips: Use Your Rod to Fight the Fish

Here is an article printed in Gink and Gasoline by author Kent Klewein. IF YOU FLY FISH LONG ENOUGH AND PAY YOUR DUES, IT’S JUST A MATTER OF TIME UNTIL YOU HOOK INTO A GIANT FISH AND EXPERIENCE DEFEAT. I’ve always loved the saying, “It’s always the big ones that get … Read More

Tips: Soft Hackles – the Go to Fly!

Most fly fishermen will tell you that nothing is more exciting than seeing a rise, targeting the fish and then catching it with a dry fly. I would agree with that! But then I would bet that the majority of those rises the trout are not feeding on adult dry … Read More

Service: Siteman Cancer Center

The FATC was asked if we would spend the day at the Siteman Cancer Center in the South county of St Louis to demonstrate fly tying to the patients that were receiving their chemo-therapy. Of course how could we even refuse an awesome invitation like that. The Cancer center was … Read More