SHERMAN TWP. – Authorities say antique fly fishing rods are among the items missing following three home break-ins in a rural area of southwestern Michigan. The Kalamazoo Gazette reports sheriff’s ...

WHENEVER I TAKE the fly rod from its case, I’m struck by how pristine it still looks. The green blank catches light like the surface of a stream. The zebra-wood insert bears no chips or scratches. The ...

FREMONT -- Wes Cooper won't be fishing today, the opening day of trout fishing season. He is more likely to be in his basement shop making bamboo fly rods. Cooper, 81, has built 245 such rods since he ...

This week deputies responded to a report of a breaking and entering at a home in the 67000 block of Stubey Road in Sherman Township, near Sturgis, according to a news release. During the investigation ...

Years before Mike and Frank began their television treasure quest on "American Pickers", Rick Keating was already hunting antique gold. He sought vintage fishing tackle, eventually acquiring about ...

There`s a certain warm feeling one gets from old things. Rummaging around an attic or browsing through an antique shop can bring back fond memories, stir up the imagination about times past. For the ...