Much how a dog provides a great reason to go for a walk, a fly rod gives you the world’s best excuse to get out on the water and a new way to enjoy the waters of the Chesapeake Bay.

I don’t like to use the word ‘expert’ to describe myself because there’s always someone that knows more than you. Fishing guides are experts. Biologists are experts. I’m just a writer.

But I know the Ea...