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 ...

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 ...

When I let the cast go, I could hear the fly line whistle through my rod guides. I envisioned a tight loop uncoiling with perfect precision — a cast that transcended even its purpose. This was in the ...