Even in close quarters, the ability to cast far will serve you well. / photo by Jasper Taback When I started fly fishing for trout, I was told to focus on making short, accurate casts. I think it was ...

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 ...

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 ...

Like most kids in the 1960s, I started my fishing career with spinning tackle. There were plenty of inexpensive spinning reels available back then that made learning to cast a quick and easy process ...

I stood in thigh-deep water, rain jacket zipped over borrowed waders, casting a fly rod repetitively across the Pemigewasset River in North Woodstock. A hard rain from the gray sky couldn’t spoil the ...

Participants in the 13th annual Women’s Fly Fishing Clinic on Saturday didn’t catch any fish. Instead of fish, they walked away from Frenchtown Pond State Park with new casting skills and knowledge ...

It was a cold and blustery day on Chesapeake Bay when Capt. Tom Weaver of Annapolis met his client Rob Cochrane for a charter trip targeting striped bass on Dec. 30. They putted out of the marina in ...

I remember standing in the small sporting goods section of the post-exchange and looking at the bubble-wrapped fly fishing ...

When I started fly fishing for trout, I was told to focus on making short, accurate casts. I think it was good advice, for the most part. On many trout rivers, the ability to cast a fly 40 feet is all ...