Fishing with famous anglers and guides can be a bit intimating. I was along with Gary Loomis of G.Loomis fishing rod fame and expert salmon fishing guide Clancy Holt. They were opening up salmon ...

In the beginning, I had a classic Zebco 202 spin-cast combo, and it was good. At least, good enough for 5-year-old me. But I've owned many types of fishing rods since I was a freckle-faced boy who ...

Here is Tony Floor’s Tackle Box report for September: As an old dog – getting older – who has been around a salmon rod for decades, I have an issue I want to share with you. In mid-July, I ...

From the beach at Salinas Rivermouth, in the darkness before dawn, a glittering stream of lights dominated the near horizon. These were all sport salmon boats getting the jump on opening day. As ...

On May Day, less than 24 hours after buying my two-rod endorsement from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, I soloed on the water at Sellwood, trolling traditional lanes with new-to-me rigs on ...

Hewitt’s Secrets of the Salmon, however, opened up a new era in fishing tackle. The lighter rod with a detachable butt began to come into its own in American and Canadian fishing, and today the only ...

VALDEZ — Michael Olson of North Pole came down to Valdez to work on his boat trailer Saturday, left the port about 2 p.m. and had a 151.6-pound halibut on his boat at about 3:45 p.m. Olson said he was ...