I had also gotten a touch of fishing fever while tying flies last month.

"The people who tied flies before the second world war were true masters of the art."

"It would be a rare person who could work up an interest in tying flies before he knew something about fishing with them," Fullerton said.

Aftera moment she asked, "How long have you been tying flies.

He had nearly a dozen fishing rods and was learning how to tie flies.

"I'd always tied flies and made lures so it was just a natural thing."

Today there many different types of natural and synthetic materials used to tie flies.

They are used when tying dry flies for fly fishing.

His library has almost every book written on tying flies and fly-fishing.

The book is enhanced with line drawings of how to tie key terrestrial flies.