. I was there to pick up a custom fly rod they’d made for me and to go fishing with owner and founder Jeff Davis. I expected to find a warehouse with heavy machinery and assembly lines, but instead I ...

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 ...

LOVELLS — In the midday sun, a fly fisherman drew his rod back and swung it forward, casting the line ahead in a 30-foot sweeping arc. He smiled and casted some more. He looked to be enjoying himself ...

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 ...

East Rosebud Fly Shop is hosting a five week Fly Rod Building class beginning on Tuesday, Oct. 30, at 6 p.m. Master fly rod builder Greg Payton will be teaching the course, during which participants ...

The Montana Arts Council will honor 10 new members of Montana’s Circle of American Masters — including a fly rod builder from Butte — at an induction ceremony in the Old Supreme Court Chambers of the ...

FLUSHING – It wasn’t so much about what we were going to catch as how we were going to catch them, said Dirk Fischbach, one of the more dedicated fly fishermen I know. That we were going to fish with ...

ROSWELL, Ga. - Dr. Eugenie Clark once said, "Sharing the fun of fishing turns strangers into friends in a few hours," and according to the owners of a unique new shop in metro Atlanta, the scientist ...

No employment, married and needing money to feed his first child, Kerry Burkheimer designed his first fly rod at his home along the Washougal River. “This all started on a dinning room table,” said ...

Fly fishing guide and outdoor photographer Daniel Shepler shares his favorite classic rods and reels for Northern Michigan fly fishing. His recommendations were originally featured in “Fly Fishing: ...