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Renowned fly-tying artist AK Best passed away at 92. His meticulously crafted lures were praised for their realism and impact on modern fly fishing. Best's legacy includes books, articles, and instructional videos.

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Renowned fly-tying artist AK Best passed away at 92. His meticulously crafted lures were praised for their realism and impact on modern fly fishing. Best's legacy includes books, articles, and instructional videos.
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JerΓ© Longman
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August 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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A.K. Best, Master of the Art of Fly Tying, Is Dead at 92

His meticulously crafted, lifelike designs were said to have β€œshaped the soul of modern fly fishing.”

By JerΓ© Longman

Aug. 28, 2025

A.K. Best, a master illusionist of fly fishing who used bits of feathers, fur, hair and thread to create lifelike beetles, mayflies and other aquatic insects, tying them to hooks and enticing trout to the surface of streams and rivers for deceptively tempting meals, died on Aug. 20 in Boulder, Colo. He was 92.

The cause of his death, in a hospital, was an aortic aneurysm, his daughter Suzanne Morgan said.

Mr. Best was renowned for his mastery of the meticulous art of professional fly tying. He produced nearly weightless artificial lures that mimicked the midges, caddisflies and other bugs that fish eat; his specialty was dry flies, which float on the water’s surface.

Ed Engle, a fishing companion and a longtime outdoors columnist for The Boulder Daily Camera, wrote in 2010 that Mr. Best’s peer...

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