Larry Donahe wants to slow it down. Not just life — though that as well — but the cadence of the fly cast, an already gracefully slow series of motions that allows the skilled angler, armed with rod ...

LANESBORO, Minn. — Steve Sobieniak knew what a good fly fishing rod felt like. He developed a feel for the graceful casting tool, particularly ones made of bamboo. He could pick one up, hold it, test ...

Bamboo became a popular material for fishing rods in the late-19th century but quickly was replaced with other materials — metal and, later, fiberglass. Modern graphite is considered by many to be the ...

FREMONT -- Wes Cooper won't be fishing today, the opening day of trout fishing season. He is more likely to be in his basement shop making bamboo fly rods. Cooper, 81, has built 245 such rods since he ...

PJ’s Fine Bamboo Rods will open its first brick-and-mortar store in Pagosa Springs on Oct. 8. The custom fly rod maker has been servicing Southwest Colorado with its e-commerce business since 2019, ...

Charleston, W.Va. — Lee Orr and his dad Larry were trout fishing in Montana and not having much luck. Using conventional spinning gear, the duo observed others who were fly fishing and were "tearing ...

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 ...

Cost: General admission fee is $45, including meal. Attendees are allowed to fish a half-mile private stretch of the North St. Vrain Creek (Colorado fishing license required, and bring your own ...

I bought my first bamboo fly rod in the 1970s at a garage sale in Boulder. It was a beat-up 3-piece, 9-footer with chromed ferrules and two tip sections. One of the tips was 2 inches short, which ...

I spent a morning this week with David LeClair, an ace fly rod maker in Elbridge. LeClair specializes in making bamboo rods from scratch, but he also does repair work on all types of fly rods (bamboo, ...

VICTORIA, Minn. — Larry Donahe wants to slow it down. Not just life — though that as well — but the cadence of the fly cast, an already gracefully slow series of motions that allows the skilled angler ...

That was made clear at the recent Southern Rodmakers Gathering at Fulton's Lodge near Mountain Home, Ark. Some 95 persons attended the 16th annual event, a record number and up from the 72 in ...