The historical marker at S. Third and Pine streets, just south of Centre Square, Easton, indicates where Samuel Phillippe invented the split-bamboo fishing rod in the United States. He made the first ...

You could use one of those fancy side-scan sonar depth finders with the new underwater fish-eye orthographic readouts. Or you could go cut a switch of bamboo and do a little cane-pole fishing. If you ...

Many who fish with split-cane bamboo fly rods say they allow a depth of feeling when casting or reeling in a fish that just isn’t possible with today’s more common graphite rods. When Selah’s Kevin ...

If you're looking to cast short to mid-range, a 10ft rod with a 2.5lb or 2.75lb test curve is a solid starting point. For those needing to bomb it out to the horizon, upping the ante with a 12ft or ...

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Step back in time ten years or so and fly fishing for carp was exploding. It became so popular that it served as fodder for fly fishing films, spawned new guide services, turned previously unknown ...

My first fishing rod cost 10s 6d (52.5p in today's money). It was made of cane and wasn't very good. It died, eventually, of misuse. Last week, I received an email from a pile-'em-high tackle show, ...