And by age 17, Sexton purchased his first bamboo fly-fishing rod — his now-preferred material — from an antique store in Buffalo. “So I got that bamboo rod and I turned into a bamboo fishing snob at ...

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 ...

FREMONT, MI – In the quiet of his basement workshop, Wes Cooper has been keeping a 90-year-old Michigan tradition alive - that of hand-building bamboo fly rods in an era dominated by mass-produced ...

Need To Know – December 06 A brand new fishing rod from 1953 found in a home in New Glasgow, N.S., is an early Christmas present from heaven, sent from her late father ...

Oct. 4—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 ...

There is a certain mystery surrounding bamboo fly rods. That mystery resides in the fact that there is a trove of misinformation out and about.

While I’ve never considered myself a “collector” of old fishing tackle, it sure seems like I have “accumulated” an awful lot of vintage tackle over the years. I recently came across five large ...