The history of fly fishing in America has been well documented, but angling historians remain somewhat conflicted regarding some of its finer details. For example, many believe the art originated in ...

At times, all of us look back in longing to simpler days and simpler ways. Often such thoughts focus on youth and carefree pursuits we enjoyed before coming of age. For many sportsmen, one of the most ...

My first fishing rod cost 10s 6d (52.5p in today's money). It was made of cane and wasn't very good. It died, eventually, of misuse. Last week, I received an email from a pile-'em-high tackle show, ...

It's the time of year to catch a mess of bream. In old Florida, that meant fishing with a traditional cane pole. As it turns out, finding the fish is easier than finding the pole. Once a common thing ...

Cost: General admission fee is $45, including meal. Attendees are allowed to fish a half-mile private stretch of the North St. Vrain Creek (Colorado fishing license required, and bring your own ...

In a sport as resistant to change as fly-fishing, tenkara is a revolution. Actually a counterrevolution, since its stripped-down, minimalist aesthetic harks back to the earliest days of angling with ...

A few years ago, a friend mentioned that he had been given a nice bamboo fly rod. It had been sitting in someone’s house for many years, and then in the trunk of a car for half a dozen more. It ...

FREMONT, MI – In the quiet of his basement workshop, Wes Cooper has been keeping a 90-year-old Michigan tradition alive - that of hand-building bamboo fly rods in an era dominated by mass-produced ...

Last month on the River Nadder, as I was waiting for a fish to show, with my rod held motionless over the water, a kingfisher appeared out of nowhere and perched on the tip. This was the fourth time ...