There’s much more to fly fishing than tying on a fly and whipping your line around a pond. Casting, hook setting and reeling all demand a level of finesse that goes beyond what anglers experience when ...

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Fly fishing for bass isn’t always easy, and there are more effective ways to put a bunch of fish in the boat. But if there’s a more exciting way to catch bass, I haven’t found it yet. If you want to ...

Driving with fly rods can be a hassle. Keep them in rod tubes and rig up at the water, or try to position them through the middle of the car? Neither solution is ideal. I made the switch to a rod ...

DETROIT – Rod Meloni, or as we fondly call him the day after Thanksgiving, “Rod the Builder,” is gearing up to take on this year’s holiday challenge. He has done plenty of cooking challenges, gift ...

The modern-day trout angler has a vast array of fly rods to choose from. As someone who’s spent far too much time in fly shops looking at and thinking about all these options, I understand how ...

This GM HEI has the typical gummed-up mechanical-advance mechanism. Note the corrosion on the advance-weight pivot pins (arrows) caused by voltage arc-over and lack of lubrication. Brad Urban at The ...