. 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 warehouse with heavy machinery and assembly lines, but instead I ...

ABSAROKEE, Mont. – By the time he moved to Montana, Bob Kimball was 70 years old and reluctant to venture into the mountains to pursue his favorite pastime of fly -fishing. “I should have come up ...

LOVELLS — In the midday sun, a fly fisherman drew his rod back and swung it forward, casting the line ahead in a 30-foot sweeping arc. He smiled and casted some more. He looked to be enjoying himself ...

Many who fish with split-cane bamboo fly rods say they allow a depth of feeling when casting or reeling in a fish that just isn’t possible with today’s more common graphite rods. When Selah’s Kevin ...

A fly fishing rod crafted by Thomas & Thomas is "the rod you will eventually own." That's the slogan employed by the Greenfield-based company, and it's a hook bound to catch both avid and new ...

The Montana Arts Council will honor 10 new members of Montana’s Circle of American Masters — including a fly rod builder from Butte — at an induction ceremony in the Old Supreme Court Chambers of the ...

East Rosebud Fly Shop is hosting a five week Fly Rod Building class beginning on Tuesday, Oct. 30, at 6 p.m. Master fly rod builder Greg Payton will be teaching the course, during which participants ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. TWIN BRIDGES - Glenn Brackett will describe the act of building split bamboo fly rods as "a ...

Fly fishing guide and outdoor photographer Daniel Shepler shares his favorite classic rods and reels for Northern Michigan fly fishing. His recommendations were originally featured in “Fly Fishing: ...