ORTING -- There's a special bond between old men and boys when they talk fishing. Maybe it's in the genetic coding, or what they call "a guy thing," but David Nielsen had it with his Grandpa George ...

Although I take proactive measures to protect the investments I have made into the high-end tackle and electronics I put into the hands of my fishing charter clients, inevitably, accidents happen.

Q: Has Phil Bayless at Bayless Brothers rod and reel repair on Whitfield Street closed up shop for good? I occasionally drive by the shop and have not seen it open this year. It was the only rod and ...

How long: The shop’s been in this tiny Lee Highway location since 1993, but owner Phil Evans has been in the rod and reel repair business for 30 years. This site used to be a repair outpost of ...

When Dennis Evans isn’t out fly-fishing, he’s usually hunkered down in his small Toppenish shop replacing guides, cork handles or reel seats on fly rods. “I can do anything that needs to be fixed on a ...