Fly fishermen come to Blue Ridge, a small town in the North Georgia mountains called the trout capital of the state, from all over the world to angle year-round. They also come to seek out Bill Oyster ...

Nothing, but nothing, casts quite like a handcrafted bamboo fly rod — not fiberglass, not graphite, nor any of the other space-age, cooked-up-in-a-laboratory, man-made, plastic resin composites. Got ...

Bamboo became a popular material for fishing rods in the late-19th century but quickly was replaced with other materials — metal and, later, fiberglass. Modern graphite is considered by many to be the ...

Cost: General admission fee is $45, including meal. Attendees are allowed to fish a half-mile private stretch of the North St. Vrain Creek (Colorado fishing license required, and bring your own ...

Join us at Headwaters Outfitters on Saturday, April 4th at 2:00P.M. for a special presentation by bamboo fly rod maker Lou Dondero from On The Rise Bamboo Rods. Lou will discuss the bamboo rod ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Downeast Trout Unlimited plans to host a hybrid presentation by Bob Bechtold ...

The American Museum of Fly Fishing will host the 2026 Bamboo Derby on the Battenkill on May 1. As part of the Arlington ...

ESKO, Minn.—When Phil Johnson was in college, making $3 an hour working summers at the paper mill in Cloquet, he saved enough to buy himself a bamboo fly rod. “I bought an Orvis Battenkill,” says ...