A few weeks back I needed to be up in Greensboro for a dinner and as I planning the trip up, I reached out to Chris Barclay of C. Barclay Fly Rod Co. to see if he'd be around and if I could stop by the new shop for a visit on my way through. Chris texted ... See more
In the latest email blast from Graywolf Rods this week, Shane Gray shared a recent 11' 5/6-weight Glass Spey build and even though I've been aware of this Rodmaker 24/7 blank, I hadn't seen one built up. I asked Shane to put together a few notes on this f... See more
A post on T.F.M. from a few weeks ago on the latest generation of Fenwick Yellow Glass for the Japanese market sparked quite a few conversations through emails and DM's on social media on how someone stateside could order one. I did some digging around an... See more
I came across this photograph the other day and a flood of memories came back of being a twenty-something rambling around northern Michigan on solo fly fishing and camping trips in a less than reliable Ford Escort. I was a poor college kid with a couple o... See more
I listen to a lot of podcasts and the recent Orvis Fly-Fishing Podcast with Tom Rosenbauer where he spent studio time with Orvis President Simon Perkins reflecting on the changes to the company over the last several years with restructuring and store clos... See more