“If fishing is like religion, then fly fishing is high church,” said award-winning news anchor and Greatest Generation author Tom Brokaw. The underlying sentiment is one widely shared throughout the sporting community—of the many different ways to catch a fish none is more emotional, cerebral and invested than with a fly rod. While most closely identified with angling for trout in streams, it’s a skill that is defined not by its quarry or venue, but by its precise style of casting.
Most fishing involves some version of casting—the delivery of a baited hook to where fish swim. In deepsea fishing, this can be as simple as putting a weight on the line and dropping it, letting gravity take it down. With spinning reels, you cast a weighted hook that can…
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Cigar Aficionado (Digital) - 1 Issue, March/April 2025