With a gust of wind, the ice and snow have swapped places for rain and puddles. It may only be March, but spring is in the air. No doubt, many folks are not ready to retire their tip-ups, but with ...

Thirty of the Midwest’s best fly tiers will show their creations and methods Saturday at the second annual Celebration of Fly Tying in Grand Rapids. The one-day event, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Knights of ...

On July 20, 1969, as Neil Armstrong was becoming the first man to put bootprints on the moon, I was getting my first introduction to the sport of fly-fishing on an icy mountain stream in Idaho. It ...

, passed away on Friday. Born in Ware, he lived in Palmer since 1977. He did an apprenticeship as a tool maker at Springfield Armory, continuing on at Quabbin Industries in Ware, then onto Hanson ...