If you haven't fly fished with any of the new fiberglass rods being built today, you are missing out. "Glass" has a feel and rhythm to it that you won't find in carbon fiber. These aren't the heavy ...

Walking into a fly shop and perusing the available rods in the rod rack points towards a tremendous number of rods in the 9 foot-category. We are in trout country so it makes sense that the ...

Like many bass anglers, John Deshauteurs has an abundance of specialized tackle. Rods with a broomstick-strength backbone and multi-gear reels that are engineering marvels. Tools to drop a jig into a ...

If you ask a die-hard fly angler if they have a “pet rod,” a special fly rod for a specific purpose, most will confess. Some hold dear custom dry fly rods, while others gain pride from owning salt ...

Some years ago, George Black happened upon a split bamboo fly rod in an antiques mall in Stillwater, Okla. A fly fisher of but a few years, he bought it for $87.50 and thought he had something special ...

To the uninitiated, choosing the right type of fly fishing line can be rather daunting. Unlike conventional rods and reels, which rely on the weight of the lure or rig to cast effectively, a fly rod ...

From a distance, I watched as a bright yellow maple leaf gently disengaged itself from the branch it had been attached to ...

Fly fishing at its most basic level is just another technique for catching fish. On a deeper level, it’s both a blood sport and an art form that is partly based around making the act of fishing more ...