When I first used a spiral-wrapped rod on a party boat, I got some strange looks," Darin Dohi laughs. Dohi's conventional rod had the first line guide on top of the blank, the second guide at an ...

Rob Horken might best be remembered as "Ernie the Angler," his longtime alter ego who did weekly summer fishing reports on WDAZ-TV Channel 8 in Grand Forks, but in retirement, Horken keeps his feet in ...

It is best to choose a rod made from durable materials like carbon fibre or fibreglass, as these are less likely to break if ...

Labeling or marking your rods serves two helpful functions during a day’s fishing. First, it lets you keep track of any rod that might have a bad spot in the line or a reel whose drag starts ...