Fishing shows on TV have come a long way since Gadabout Gaddis, The Flying Fisherman of the 1960’s. Even as one of the first outdoor shows, it was a great effort with a great host and many outstanding ...

BINGHAM, Maine — The weather was cooperative and the setting picture-perfect for the Maine Aeronautics Association’s annual Gadabout Gaddis awards luncheon Sunday at North Country Rivers in Bingham.

Bill Sargent wrote this FLORIDA TODAY column in June 1980 about his friend Gadabout Gaddis, who had the first television fishing show in the 1950s and early '60s known as "The Flying Fisherman." In ...

Very few people realize that television has been around since 1927. Almost as few know there were outdoor programs on television as early as 1939. That's when Roscoe Vernon Gaddis debuted on W2XD (now ...

Several generations of outdoors enthusiasts were weaned on the Gadabout Gaddis’ Flying Fisherman TV series. Now, some of them want to honor the pioneer of television outdoors programs with a special ...

Over the past couple months I’ve been trying to thoroughly review some three dozen outdoor videos and another dozen books – with only moderate success. Time spent in front of a TV screen is minimal ...