As I write this, I’m packing the car for a trip to Florida to visit the in-laws. If I have my way, I’ll be exploring the Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve, one of the few remaining unspoiled ...

I'm getting anxious now. Tom Smithwick, who moved to Shippensburg several years ago, builds bamboo fly rods. A couple weeks ago, he found three bamboo rod blanks and offered to help me build out a fly ...