DECATUR (AP) - Fishing rods cast a long shadow through the span of human history. Their use was already old when the splendidly named Wynkyn de Worde published "Treatyse of Fysshynge With an Angle" ...

Spiral-wrapped fishing rods may look unconventional, but they’re designed to reduce torque, improve control, and ease fatigue during long fights with fish. By shifting line guides to the underside of ...

BACK IN MAY, I drove to Yarmouth, Maine, to visit the Maine Fly Co. I was there to pick up a custom fly rod they’d made for me and to go fishing with owner and founder Jeff Davis. I expected to find a ...