BILLINGS – In the fall when Nathan Diesel is stalking big brown trout with a fly rod, he’ll often pass up casting to 6-pounders that he’s spotted because he knows there are bigger fish to be caught.

I'm guilty of overlooking my fly rod grips. What choice did I have unless I was building my own? I fished with the grip that came with the rod. Recently, I used the TFO BC Big Fly fly rod that has a ...

The trick to getting good at casting isn't a secret, high tech, or ground breaking. it's all about practice, practice, practice. Show up at the park, the pond, your backyard – doesn't matter. Rip a ...

Start sprucing up your fall fly-fishing with fly-fishing experts Darrel and Michael Martin who will be hosting “The Fundamentals of Fly Casting” from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, April 3. The class will ...

In the fall when Nathan Diesel is stalking big brown trout with a fly rod, he’ll often pass up casting to 6-pounders that he’s spotted because he knows there are bigger fish to be caught. He’s looking ...

I grew up on Riverbend Road, a mile and a half away from a trout hatchery that sits next to the Little Lehigh River in Allentown, Pa. As a kid, I enjoyed visiting the hatchery and peering into the ...

Fly fishing is to fishing what road cycling is to biking, stick-shifting is to driving and using a straight razor is to shaving. It’s a sport that requires precision, poise and patience and grants ...

Those of us interested in improving our fly casting technique would do well to go along to Beamish Lakes on July 4 when Hywell Morgan, the world distance casting champion will give a display of ...

In May, my wife and I had a baby, and my fishing opportunities had been diminished to say the least. I start to get pretty squirrelly when I can’t get out, and my need to get out on the water was ...

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 ...