Central New York is full of die-hard, trout and salmon anglers who tie their own artificial flies. Ever consider making your own fly rod? Don’t be intimidated. It’s not as difficult or expensive as ...

A few days before Christmas, a gentleman from Rouses Point walked into the shop with a container that held a set of bamboo fly-rod blanks he had purchased 25 years earlier at the Orvis store in ...

There are a lot of numbers in fly fishing, and some of the numbering may not make sense to the uninitiated—or to the initiated, for that matter. A higher number means a smaller hook, yet the opposite ...