The last few times I traveled to the South Platte River at Deckers I left my favorite one-hand fly rod at home on purpose. It’s the perfect rod for the midge hatches that sometime occur on sunny ...

“If you’ve never tried casting a two-handed fly rod, go to your local fly fishing shop and wiggle a few spey or switch rods and talk to someone who knows how it’s done,” said Pribanic, who opened ...

The pioneer pluggers on the Texas coast literally embraced the concept with both hands — and the long, confident casts that were made across sparkling green tides continue today. During the 1940s, the ...

The popularity of casting tackle on the Texas coast was the subject of Thursday's feature, but space did not permit full coverage. Here is an extended grip on the subject: Most casting rods used today ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Monte Burke is a book author and journalist who covers sports. A few autumns ago, I joined my uncle and a few friends in Cape ...

Famed fly fishing writer John Gierach once wrote a book called Standing in a River Waving a Stick. Well, fly fishing looks a lot like that. And the stick in question is a fly rod. It’s the rod that ...