Orri Vigfusson, chairman of the North Atlantic Salmon Fund, lauded Mr. Hemingway's skill at "presenting" his hand-tied flies to salmon.

It was well after midnight, and George Altieri's hand-tied flies were still dry.

The few hand-tied flies he would bring along, and perhaps a sandwich, would be slung over his shoulder in a leather pouch that had once been a woman's purse.

And it is with that same determination that this struggling fly-fisher is going to try to snag a trout on the Beaverkill this season with her own hand-tied fly (if not my own, then please let it be Walt or Winnie Dette's).

Throughout most of the year, sportsmen from all over Britain line their banks engaged in that keenest of Scottish traditions, fishing for salmon on a colorful, hand-tied fly.

Some fishermen wore waders and hats that had hand-tied flies hooked to them.

The sixth article will explore the mystery of the Sound at night: one man in a small boat under a full moon with a pocketful of hand-tied flies.

You need a temporary British Columbia fishing license, a few hand-tied flies sold by local merchants, some patience and little else.

"This whole new agreement stinks," Mr. McFadden said from behind the counter of his shop, surrounded by boxes of fishing line and dozens of hand-tied flies.