PARSHALL — The fact that Daniel Galhardo has fly-fished for more than four years now without a reel, weighted fly line, leader, split shot or strike indicator is intriguing. The fact he has used only ...
It’s how Izaak Walton fished, and the samurai, too: a tapered line affixed to the tip of a long, limber rod, with a floating or sunken fly dropped, dapped or drifted through the nooks and crannies of ...
The delicate riffle flowed into a nestling pool shaded by a jungle of willow branches and grasses. With one precise flick, Jase Seekell, 13, dropped an elk-hair caddis into position, bringing a ...
As the rest of us roll back and forth this month and next over mountain passes in our heavy duty pickups, coming and going from various fall hunts, fishing trips and excursions to passion, Jeffry ...
Fly fishermen tend to be their own breed of anglers. However, the ancient Japanese art of tenkara is gaining momentum in the U.S. and showing that there is simplistic room for improvement in ...
TV news anchors have nothing on fishermen when it comes to stretching the truth. More than 70 years ago, humorist Ed Zern observed, “Fishermen are born honest, but they get over it.” And just last ...
When Jason Konopinski gets into something, he really gets into it. That might explain why he owns six tenkara fly-fishing rods, at least two of which are in his car at any given time. Tenkara, an ...
ON THE KINNICKINNIC RIVER — Matt Shipp smacked the back of his neck. “More mayflies coming out,” he said, examining the mush that moments ago alighted on his flesh. “And some of them are really big.” ...
Tenkara tackle still makes people stare, but now it’s drawing stares on multiple continents. The telescoping, 12-foot fly rods with 13-foot lines affixed to their tips — no reels, no guides — have ...
As entrancing and addictive as the sport of fly fishing can be, the very idea of it has the opposite effect on some people, who feel it’s too complicated, too technical and too difficult. Anyone ...
CROOKED CREEK, Ark. — Misako Ishimura waded knee deep into the current, the water temperature perfect for both swimming and soothing relief from the afternoon sun. But Ishimura, 58, had other things ...
Fly fishermen tend to be their own breed of anglers. However, the ancient Japanese art of tenkara is gaining momentum in the U.S. and showing that there is simplistic room for improvement in ...
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