T ransparency Note:The gear reviewed in this article was provided to me at no cost for evaluation. The views and assessments presented are entirely my own. Fly fishermen have a lot of money tied up in ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Fly-fishing is fun because it’s hard. Yes, anyone can buy some spinning gear and hurl PowerBait into a ...

The opening line in Norman Maclean’s classic, A River Runs Through It, is perhaps the most memorable distillation of the inherent passion behind angling: “In our family, there was no clear line ...

In theory, fly-fishing is a simple sport: Pick a body of water, choose a fly-fishing rod, select your “fly” (or bait), tie a secure knot, cast your line and, hopefully, land a fish on the other end.

BACK IN MAY, I drove to Yarmouth, Maine, to visit the Maine Fly Co. I was there to pick up a custom fly rod they’d made for me and to go fishing with owner and founder Jeff Davis. I expected to find a ...