CANON CITY, Colo. ” An inmate has turned a fishy idea into a profitable business for Correctional Industries, providing education, job skills and therapy for fellow prisoners. “I used to make cane and ...

Fiberglass rods have been making a comeback in many fly-fishing circles. The common fly-fishing rod is made from graphite or a combination of graphite and other materials. The stiffer graphite rods ...

Chet Kiekhafer’s business requires the accuracy of an engineer, the steady hands of a surgeon, the creativity of an artist, and the mastery of an avid angler. Kiekhafer of Hutchinson incorporates each ...

Chuck DeRemer first held a fishing rod when he was a year old. Now the 64-year-old Fargo resident is putting fishing rods in the hands of others. DeRemer operates Chuck's Custom Rods in Fargo, which ...

BACK IN MAY, I drove to Yarmouth, Maine, to visit the Maine Fly Co. I was there to pick up a custom fly rod they’d made for me and to go fishing with owner and founder Jeff Davis. I expected to find a ...