Don Childress is lucky he hasn’t had a garage sale in the past few decades to clear out unused fly fishing gear. The Sandpoint angler says an old, soft, fiberglass rod was the ticket to landing the ...

I was lucky to have grown up in a fishing family and have a mother who trusted us kids to walk two blocks to what seemed like ...

WEIKERT, Union County - Imagine being in the original Yankee Stadium, watching Mickey Mantle take batting practice. That was me one glorious morning last week. Except I was on Penns Creek, a fabled ...

As we polled into the back of a creek not much wider than the skiff, our guide said you’re only going to get one shot at these fish. We turned a bend and there they were just 50 feet away, tails out ...

The fly rods made by owner Mike Clark at South Creek Ltd. are works of art with a purpose: catching fish. These handmade beauties are created to the individual's specifications, and South Creek is the ...

I had owed Jim Downes a visit since last June when I wrangled his little 7 ½-foot Garrison 206 away from him at PA Fly Fishing Heritage Day. That rod has a beautiful, smooth, full-flexing action very ...

An expert guide breaks down the best fishing rod and reel setups for every environment, from mountain streams to the surf.

Tom Meier calls it "fly fishing at its simplest." "It just involves a rod, a line and a fly - no reel," he said. "As for the fly, the Japanese masters only use one pattern. I'm working on that." Meier ...