Watch the Cornhusker Fly-Fishers tie flies at the Schramm Education Center classroom from 10 a.m. to noon on Jan. 18 and ...

Most if not all these animals’ fur and feathers can provide excellent fly-tying material, which imaginative anglers can put to good use on the tying vice rather than discarding in the trash.

However, in a competitive environment of affluent Victorian gentlemen, fly-tying soon became an art form. To impress their fellow fishermen, they crafted ties from exotic bird feathers and polar ...