Fly rods are typically longer than the fishing rods used by conventional anglers. The most common length for fly rods, and especially trout rods, is 9 feet. Lighter weight rods are often a bit shorter ...

If you haven't fly fished with any of the new fiberglass rods being built today, you are missing out. "Glass" has a feel and rhythm to it that you won't find in carbon fiber.

The smooth perfection of Bill Oyster's bamboo fly rods betrays nothing of the Wyoming native's chaotic path to his calling. Oyster, 37, studied art and engineering in college before dropping out ...

Glenn Brackett's Sweetgrass rods are a fly fisher's dream. DAVID McCUMBER Mar 12, 2018 Mar 12, 2018 Updated Dec 29, 2018; 0; 1 of 4 ...

“One thing about Montana,” says Matt Barber, an owner of Tom Morgan Rodsmiths, a custom fly rod shop in Bozeman, “is if there’s a moving body of water, there is probably a trout in it.” ...

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PJ’s Fine Bamboo Rods will open its first brick-and-mortar store in Pagosa Springs on Oct. 8. The custom fly rod maker has been servicing Southwest Colorado with its e-commerce business since ...

'The Morning Hatch' is a daily dose of anything fly fishing, human interest, and sometimes from left field. It will be short, sweet, informative, and hopefully ...