Over the past year, I’ve navigated multiple airports with fly-fishing gear. Fly rods aren’t designed for baggage handlers, ...
An all-around trout setup that fishes like a top-of-the-line rod at a friendly price. The lineup offers rods up to an 8 wt for larger fish and even comes in a 10 ft 3 wt for euro nymphing. A ...
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 ...
Many who fish with split-cane bamboo fly rods say they allow a depth of feeling when casting or reeling in a fish that just isn’t possible with today’s more common graphite rods. When Selah’s Kevin ...
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 ...
The old brick factory, built in 1898, is still there, at 505 Roberts St., right behind 1000 State St. There is a sign out front that reads “Muree B. Brown Gallery,” but I can’t find that listed in the ...
The bamboo in the burlap sacks beside the driveway once rose on the sage hills of China's Guangdong Province. A river runs through it. It's the kind of place where ancient artists and intellects once ...
Fly reels used to play second fiddle to rods, at least in the fly-fishing world. Volumes have been written about the nuances of bamboo, fiberglass, and graphite fly rods. But the reel? “It’s just a ...