Gearhead: What Exactly is Fly Fishing?
As you may have noticed from the header, Larry Kenney has stepped away from the column that he…
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Gearhead: Thinking about Fly Lines
Rods, reels, flies, and leaders notwithstanding, there’s a reasonable argument to be made that the fly line is…
Gearhead: New Fly Rods for 2016
It’s been 40 years since graphite was introduced as a rod-building material, and just about every year has…
Gearhead: Fiberglass Rods in the 21st-Century
From the early 1950s until the mid-1970s, fiberglass gradually took over the fishing rod market from bamboo. Fine…
Gearhead: How to Choose a Fly Rod
There’s no question but that today’s fly fisher has more good options than ever before when it comes…
Gearhead: New Reels and Lines
I used to think my only gear addiction was to fly rods, but a friend recently pointed out…
Gearhead: And You Thought You Had Too Many Rods….
The International Fly Tackle Dealer Show finished up in mid July this year, and as usual, the industry’s…
Gearhead: Too Darn Short?
I’m guessing that most of us who fish for trout have more 8-1/2-foot and 9-foot rods in our…
Gearhead: Easy Equipment Maintenance
In 1984, I was working at a small garage in South London that serviced Porsches. The owner was…
Gearhead: Is the Single-Handed Steelhead Rod Dead?
What a difference a decade or so makes. It wasn’t so long ago that the standard fly tackle…