Linda Leary wanted to create a line of fishing apparel for women. She’d been fly-fishing ever since she was a kid growing up in Maine. Back then, she says, there was a lot less women’s gear, so she ...

When Cara Smith was a teenager growing up in the Traverse City region, she often spent time at her grandparents' house on the Boardman River, sewing fishing rod bags with her grandmother and helping ...

I first hit the woods in the 1980s, toting a hand-me-down rifle and cast-offs from my dad’s extensive camo arsenal. I was a skinny preteen girl wrapped like a burrito in oversized Trebark. Even after ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Allison Olmsted covers lifestyle for active women as The Gear Diva. Founded in 1856, the Orvis Company claims to be the oldest ...

REEDSBURG — Two friends from Reedsburg have turned a hobby into a business with the goal of getting more women involved in the sport of fishing and the outdoors. Samantha Minor and Cortney Fry have ...

My first pair of waders weren’t made for women. They weren’t even made for adult men. I was in my early 20s and I needed a pair, quick, so I went to my local sporting goods store and bought ones that ...

A Lowcountry woman who runs her own charter company is hoping to reel other women into pursuing a career in the fishing industry. Captain Tanya Dowdy is the owner of Reel Chica Charters. She began ...

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - What started 15 years ago as a small group of women who wanted to go fishing has evolved into a fishing club with hundreds of members. Growing up in Pennsylvania, Willow ...