This past fall I acquired my first fly rod built of split cane. A 6’6” two-piece for a 4wt line. The model is a Redwing ‘Precise’ hand ...

The Double Taper Experiments   Part One: The trout rod.   It all began with a reel; a Hardy Perfect 3 1/8” with agate line g...

There is something about exploration that satisfies the soul of the angler. We spend a lot of time trying our best to come to an unde...

As fly fishermen (and women), we tend to somehow reach a stage where the aesthetics of equipment becomes important to us. There is somethi...

It is a river of legends. Flowing from Vermont’s Green Mountains and into New York, it trickles and meanders through history and our fly-f...

Faith... No, not that kind. The other day, when giving a seminar on dry fly fishing, I was taking questions, and attempting, poorly as i...

Can be wrong… Being a professional in the fly fishing industry often exposes me to contact with what can be termed ‘conventional wisdom’. ...