Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. LIVINGSTON - Thousands of fly fishers are gathering here this week for the 40th annual Federation ...

I had owed Jim Downes a visit since last June when I wrangled his little 7 ½-foot Garrison 206 away from him at PA Fly Fishing Heritage Day. That rod has a beautiful, smooth, full-flexing action very ...

Fly fishermen come to Blue Ridge, a small town in the North Georgia mountains called the trout capital of the state, from all over the world to angle year-round. They also come to seek out Bill Oyster ...

How long does it typically take to produce a bamboo rod in your workshop? I typically spend around 100 hours making a basic bamboo fly rod. With age and experience comes a desire to make each rod ...

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 ...

ESKO -- When Phil Johnson was in college, making $3 an hour working summers at the paper mill in Cloquet, he saved enough to buy himself a bamboo fly rod. "I bought an Orvis Battenkill," says Johnson, ...

LANESBORO, Minn. — Steve Sobieniak knew what a good fly fishing rod felt like. He developed a feel for the graceful casting tool, particularly ones made of bamboo. He could pick one up, hold it, test ...

Charleston, W.Va. — Lee Orr and his dad Larry were trout fishing in Montana and not having much luck. Using conventional spinning gear, the duo observed others who were fly fishing and were "tearing ...

I'm getting anxious now. Tom Smithwick, who moved to Shippensburg several years ago, builds bamboo fly rods. A couple weeks ago, he found three bamboo rod blanks and offered to help me build out a fly ...

BUFFALO — Zac Sexton is addicted to fly-fishing. “I am literally addicted to it,” he said. “My wife is an addictions counselor, and she says I'm addicted to it. I don't do things I'm supposed to do so ...