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Ben Upson looks a little like Fess Parker. If you're old enough to know how to drive a standard transmission car, you probably also remember that Parker was the actor who played Davy Crockett, who was a pretty fair...

There's no such thing as a reel bargain anymore. Back in 1903 you could order fly-fishing reels from the catalog of William Mills & Son for $15 a dozen. But those days are gone (so, unfortunately, is William Mills &...

The past lurks in remote corners of sport, is elevated to Halls of Fame, documented in record books and possibly exaggerated in the memories of aging athletes. History, however, no matter how glorious, is never as...

Fishing tackle is big business in a Vermont village, but the boss gives it an angler's touch

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