Whether you've put a hairline crack in your ferrule, snapped a guide, or lost a tip, the repair is the same; basic rod wrapping. Except for your grip, everything that's attached to your rod is simply, ...

Avid saltwater anglers know the stubby fish-fighting rods as Whopper Stoppers. They are short fishing tools, only 46 inches long, that make short work of albacore, yellowtail and tuna. Novice anglers ...

BACK IN MAY, I drove to Yarmouth, Maine, to visit the Maine Fly Co. 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 ...

Labeling or marking your rods serves two helpful functions during a day’s fishing. First, it lets you keep track of any rod that might have a bad spot in the line or a reel whose drag starts ...

Rob Horken might best be remembered as "Ernie the Angler," his longtime alter ego who did weekly summer fishing reports on WDAZ-TV Channel 8 in Grand Forks, but in retirement, Horken keeps his feet in ...

Bass got a reprieve last weekend as dedicated anglers temporarily abandoned lakes throughout the Southwest. Before Saturday, many of them knew each other only through a growing online community, with ...

Really good hot rod events become familiar but never grow old. You develop a routine for the event, a methodical way of taking it all in that includes meeting some of the same old friends, eating at ...