Often a tackle salesman gets asked the dreaded question by customers for that one impossible request: “Can I get one rod for every type of fishing—salmon, bottom fish, and even river fishing?” And of course...

Fishing the West Coast of Vancouver Island, BC (Photo: Joel Unickow) The bite is on, the salmon are running, and the halibut are hitting hard. But amidst this piscatorial paradise, there’s a pesky problem that...

Photo: Bill Luscombe I am always surprised at the way different fly rods perform. Rods of the same weight and length, even when manufactured by the same company, can be quite different in their casting...

Photo: Bill Luscombe I am always surprised at the way different fly rods perform. Rods of the same weight and length, even when manufactured by the same company, can be quite different in their casting...