Fly tying at Trout Unlimited's speaker series

While winter weather settles in, there is still a chance to get a fly fishing fix at Trout Unlimited’s speaker series on the first Monday of the month.

Anglers learned tricks and tips to tying three prominent Platte Valley macroinvertebrates from Trout Unlimited Wyoming Coordinator Ian McCreary at a corner table in The Malt on December 2.

“Ugly flys catch fish,” McCreary said while winding thread around a frenchie fly, “pretty flys catch anglers.”

The series is open to all levels — whether a smooth tying expert or a first-timer with all thumbs and utilizing a sailor’s vocabulary when a pat's r...