Ellen Van Oss, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, has always dreamed of going to Alaska.  Now, as cancer overtakes her body, she’s giving her husband a handmade bamboo rod to take on the trip they planned together. The rod’s maker, Ken Rongey, … more →

Sure, Ellie May Dean has the advantage of young eyes—which can focus on flies as small as size 32—and sure, her parents own a West Virginia fly shop and lodge, but there’s more than family and talent behind the young tying … more →

Well-known in his field, neuroscientist Jon Driver, who recently passed away, was also an avid fly fisherman.  In a eulogy, one writer asks: “Was it the intuitions that come from patiently casting a fly that led him toward the concept of … more →

MidCurrent “Fly Fishing Jazz” columnist Kirk Deeter writes eloquently about the late, great Etta James: “Sometimes, no matter what you do to prepare, no matter how far you’ve trained that cast, and no matter how sexy those bugs you tied … more →

Rich Landers profiles videographer Simon Perkins for the Spokesman-Review, and quotes Perkins on the filming of “Sipping Dry” and on the draw of the Mighty Mo and the raw emotion its dry-fly fishing elicits.  ”The guides he featured showed plenty …