I'm seeing it more and more. Fly gear inspired by the NFL, MLB, college football, music, and musicians. Is this a good thing, or pure capitalism in bad taste? I'm guilty of it. I'm a University of ...

I'm in Alaska at least once a year to fly fish and do a little bear viewing. One thing I've learned over the years about Alaska is it will test your gear. Just because the label says "Alaska tough" ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Simms Fishing Products is set to be sold to a global investment firm along with several other ...

As all seasoned fly-fishermen know, rivers tend to reach a kind of perfection in the waning light of the day. The drift boats have left the water, wind that foils a back cast often subsides, and the ...

"Even the most casual Deadhead angler can manufacture an emotional connection between America’s most influential counter-culture musical movement and the fluid and often-improvisational nature of fly ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Vista Outdoor Inc. — the parent company of CamelBak, Bushnell, Remington Ammunition and more than ...

FOUR CORNERS – The two-story photo of Wil Flack intently stripping a fly line in some Caribbean locale leaves no doubt among visitors to Simms’ headquarters what the Montana-based business is all ...

Just weeks after announcing a plan to purchase outdoor recreation company Fox Racing, Anoka-based Vista Outdoor Inc. has lined up another multimillion-dollar acquisition. On Wednesday, Vista announced ...

Vista Outdoor Inc. has recently acquired Simms Fishing Products for a purchase price of $192.5 million. This acquisition has significantly strengthened Vista Outdoor by adding approximately $110 ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — Vista Outdoor announced it signed a definitive agreement to acquire Simms Fishing Products of Bozeman, with a purchase price of $192.5 million. The Minnesota company owns over three ...