INDIANA NATIVE Cari Ray, folk singer turned fly-fishing guru and host of the Fisher of Zen podcast, was revisiting her home waters and asked me to tag along. That’s how I wound up floating down Sugar ...

Four who’ve caught the sport’s fever pursue a crafty rainbow and the reckless brookie. EASTERN SIERRA NEVADA Last trout season, two writer friends of mine flew into Los Angeles to fly-fish the Eastern ...

In the rarified world of bamboo fly rod making, names like Ed Payne and Sam Carlson, and their progeny, acolytes and apprentices, stand like giants, casting long shadows that stretch from the dawn of ...

Midway through winter, a chilly fog surrounded Theaux Le Gardeur’s shop. Hardly anyone would be out on the Gunpowder River that day, he said. But he didn’t need the river or sunlight. He stood behind ...