The Drift - Fly Fishing, Fly Casting and Fly Rod Building

Meet the Epic Crew - Pat Cohen

My name is Pat Cohen. I live in upstate New York where there is an abundance of warm water streams, lakes, and farm ponds to fish; although most anything with gills is fair game.I was always a ter...

Bobs 690C Carbon Fibre Fly Rod Review

For the past forty years, like most of us, I've been in love with stiff fly rods.  They kept getting stiffer and faster, and they couldn't get fast enough for me.  Recently, the top end rod makers...

Black - It's the New Black

Epic 686 Black Special Edition Fly Rod In early December we announced a small run of special edition black fly rods based on our ever popular Fastglass 686

The Epic Howler Topo Giveaway

We have gone bananas. One lucky winner will take home all of this:+ Custom Howler Epic fiberglass fly rod by @swiftflyfishing (8wt)+ Topo X Howler Klettersack 15L by Topodesigns +$250 gift card for...

Epic Carbon Fibre Fly Rod Blanks - Review by Snowman Custom Rod Works

Andrea and I have been beating around on the 590C (Andrea) and 690C (myself) for slightly over a year now. First impressions; mmmm black, I love the image of the raw carbon in lightly sanded state....