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 ...

In the rivers around Vail, 4, 5 or 6-weight fly rods make up the common fly-fishing arsenal. Depending on your favorite style ...

Fly fishing at its most basic level is just another technique for catching fish. On a deeper level, it’s both a blood sport and an art form that is partly based around making the act of fishing more ...

The Orvis Helios 3 is one of my favorite rods for throwing everything from bugs to giant streamers. I caught my first musky on an 11-weight 3D, so that signature white label and blue-highlighted 3D ...

I sometimes wonder what the earliest fly-fishers, hundreds or even thousands of years ago, would have thought about the practice, so common today, of fishing with just one fly. After all, back in the ...

Snowdown brought out some of our local competitors to test their fly casting skills in a friendly event with male, female and ...

The self-confessed fishing addict will never be mocked by anglers again with the Loop OPTi Stream rod and the Hardy's Angel 2 reel Let's get this clear right at the start - I may have my own 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 ...