Fly line rips the river’s surface like scissors sliding across silk as Michael McLellan propels his two-handed, Scottish-style fly rod across the blue-green waters of the upper White River. As 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 ...

The biggest thing in fly-fishing since nylon leaders, fly lines made with something other than silk, and graphite fly rods is a new casting technique that allows long, precise casts without the usual ...

A good fly reel will last a lifetime and help bring countless fish to hand. Fly fishing at its most basic level is just another technique for catching fish. On a deeper level, it’s both a blood sport ...

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 ...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) _ Spey's the way. Tired of traditional one-handed fly-fishing — in itself a difficult, delicate art — some anglers in the Northwest are turning to Spey rods, rods so long they ...

• Castaway Fly Shop ( castawayflyfishingshop.com),1114 North 4th St. in Coeur d’Alene, has two casual freebie activities to help fly fishers improve: Two-hand Tuesdays: Casting practice with Spey or ...

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 ...