Every summer, throngs of children line the banks at area ponds on Take Me Fishing Day in hopes of catching their first fish. Many of the fishing novices use Zebco rods and reels, made by the event’s ...

Birmingham's Lawson Richards, a friend for 25 years, showed up at my Springville restaurant the other day to announce he had brought me "a little something." I don't know if it was Richards' ...

Spincast reels—also known as “push button” or “closed face” reels—get a bad rap. That’s largely the result of the fact that, unlike most “serious” tackle like spinning reels or baitcasting reels, many ...