Ice Fishing Rods

While some ice rods are handcrafted in the U. S., others are made overseas and are available at astoundingly affordable prices. The emerging trend, however, continues to be to develop darned good ice...View article

Fly-fishermen don’t raise eyebrows or solicit moans when using the idiom “art” to portray their sport. Maybe it’s the perceived haughtiness or history of its partakers cavorting in the upper...View article

It’s critical to trust that your rod and reel will perform well when you hook a big fish. A good stick increases your odds of detecting strikes and getting a good hookset, and the combination of rod...View article

A sure hookset, standing and lifting against brutish weight, the electric pulse of life coursing through fine graphite—the stuff of ice fishing memories. The look of a fine ice rod in action is equally...View article

“Sight-fishing won’t lie to you,” he declared. When it comes to ice fishing, sight-fishing especially, Tony Boshold is a Zen master, and thankfully, a generous one. In the December 2007 In-Fisherman,...View article

There’s so much material, so many nuances, and so few weeks in a winter—let’s start at the beginning, with the keenest ”Artisan of Optics” I know, Tony Boshold. Boshold is a...View article

I was introduced to the use of floating jigheads for ice angling while fishing the mouth of the Thames River, Ontario. I don't know who originated the system -- only that the locals use it to great...View article

It's critical to trust that your rod and reel will perform well when you hook a big fish. A good stick increases your odds of detecting strikes and getting a good hookset, and the combination of rod...View article

Swimming lures are designed with a baitfish profile -- resembling a minnow, chub,shiner, shad, or young-of-the-year panfish. The baitfish-profile concept of swimming lures is the same as the...View article