Gear

Bass in the Burbs

  • By: Chad Mason

How to find largemouths in your backyard

A Driftboat Roundup

  • By: Buzz Bryson

and Sage's new VT2 rods

2006 William Joseph Gear Sweepstakes Winners

In February we drew the names of the winners of $900 worth of William Joseph gear and apparel. The two lucky anglers are Mark Straughn (top) of Yorkville, Illinois; and Lee Chertavian of Wayland, Massachusetts. Both men are avid anglers and will definitely put this gear to use. Among the items they won

Through a Glass Darkly

A good pair of polarizing glasses may well be your most important piece of fishing gear

Old School: New School: Waders

You don't have to look back far to see how much waders have changed over the years. Heck, 20 years ago neoprene waders--those steamy saunas for your legs and nether regions--were considered state of the art; now they just seem barbaric. These days things are far more civilized. An angler now has the

Over in the Meadow

  • By: A. K. Best

When spring runoff blows out the rivers, head to the rills of the meadows to find fish

FR&R Readers' Choice Award

FR&R Readers' Choice Award Do you have a pair of waders that kept you high and unfailingly dry even after a hard year of busting brush and crawling along streambanks on your knees? What about that amazing reel that refused to melt during a speed-of-sound run by an 180-pound tarpon? Maybe a rod that left

The Bluegill Bonanza of Spring

  • By: Chad Mason

Bluegills are a great pick-me-up for the winter-weary trout angler

Cast from the Past

To sit up there in the sky and know that I could land there or at any other lake in Labrador and cast my flies, was a unique and wonderful experience. I normally flew in waders, with my rod rigged and my fly vest ready in the plane, and could put down where the fish were. --Lee Wullf, writing about his

R.L. Winston's Vapor Series Rods

  • By: Paul Guernsey
  • and Buzz Bryson

Plus, a jacket from Simms; Cloudveil's vest & BossTin split-shot