Mike Mercer started working at The Fly Shop in Redding at 18. Now he dominates the art of creating flies used by angling ...

The feel is keenly down-home, far from the glitz and ambience of a high-end retail shop. So much so that selling flies ...

He was hooked. For nearly 50 years, Mercer has made a career of fishing, working at The Fly Shop in Redding. At 18, he was the business’ first employee, and over the years has done practically ...

Automatic', put a fly rod in Mercer's hands and he'll catch a fish, probably on a fly pattern he's created. He is a special ...

The feel is keenly down-home, far from the glitz and ambiance of a high-end retail shop ... about fly fishing. Together, they initially made rods for donation to local school children.

I’ve been thinking about my introduction to fly fishing, and how it’s “connected” me in many different ways going back ...

Led by president, Nick Noesen and vice president, Greg Ciluzzi, the local chapter is involved in a range of activities from promoting local fly-fishing events to updating local conditions and ...

LEWISTON – The annual Clearwater Spey Gathering will be held Saturday at a new venue this year but feature some of the top ...

“The word indicator in my book, like when they talk to me they will use indicator, strike indicator, that’s more like a fly fishing term to me," Feltenberger said. "Fly fishermen will use ...

It also could cut into the inventory at fly-fishing shops, people in the angling business say. It could upend the market for custom hat makers who are keeping Denver’s dusty old cow town ...

Remember his fly-fishing dates with Roelf Meyer? This is where Ramaphosa is most dangerous. He comes up close as a contrarian and leaves, having won a comrade, by stealth. The DA, for all its ...