Fly rods are organized by “weight”—not the actual weight of the rod, but the number assigned to rods and lines for particular kinds of fish. Using the right rod weight to use for the species ...

We tortured-tested 16 of today’s most innovative—and affordable—trout rods to find the best fly rods of the year Of course we picked trout. What else would you expect from a magazine brand ...

It markets itself as a big streamer fly rod, and that's exactly how I planned to use it – throwing large squid-looking patterns for striped bass in Martha's Vineyard. I took the TFO BC fly rod ...

Don't dismiss carp. If you do you are missing out on a fly fishing opportunity to sight cast to a fish that will test your skills, and once hooked, will put up a fight like a heavyweight boxer.

To test for accuracy, I placed three 20-inch by 20-inch targets at distances of 20, 45, and 60 feet. Using a single dry fly, I cast each rod at each target three times, marking the number of times the ...

Winston has long been the standard in the fly-rod industry for build quality ... They’re just so much fun to use. Your casting style will largely determine which of these two rods you buy.

A 7-foot, 3-weight rod; a heavier 9-foot, 6 weight? It all depends on the type of fishing you want to use it for,” he said. Depending on how much you want to spend, LeClair said, a fly rod blank ...

Dac Collins My testing procedure for narrowing down the best fly rods for bass involved an in-depth casting test ... I conducted all of the testing below using Scientific Anglers Mastery Bass Bug line ...