ABSAROKEE, Mont. – By the time he moved to Montana, Bob Kimball was 70 years old and reluctant to venture into the mountains to pursue his favorite pastime of fly -fishing. “I should have come up ...

BACK IN MAY, I drove to Yarmouth, Maine, to visit the Maine Fly Co. 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 ...

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 ...

Nearly 30 years spent meticulously building bamboo fly rods has an impact. Bill Oyster’s dedication to precision craftsmanship has turned his workshop in downtown Blue Ridge, Georgia, into a bit of a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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: ...

CHISHOLM — If there’s ever a tornado warning for this Iron Range town, Mike Lesch will likely be safe. That’s because he already spends a lot of time in his basement shop, where he turns drab sticks ...

Rob Horken might best be remembered as "Ernie the Angler," his longtime alter ego who did weekly summer fishing reports on WDAZ-TV Channel 8 in Grand Forks, but in retirement, Horken keeps his feet in ...