ESKO -- 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 Johnson, ...

LANESBORO, Minn. — Steve Sobieniak knew what a good fly fishing rod felt like. He developed a feel for the graceful casting tool, particularly ones made of bamboo. He could pick one up, hold it, test ...

HOBART - When Robert “R.D.” Taylor made his first catch on a fly fishing outing with his uncle at age 16, both he and the fish were hooked simultaneously. Ever since, Taylor, 65, of Hobart, has been ...