Dick Zrudsky will customize a fishing rod -- free -- for anyone who can catch a fish bigger than the one he caught in 1969. Zrudsky makes and designs custom fishing rods from his Englewood home. He ...

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 ...

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 ...

ROSWELL, Ga. - Dr. Eugenie Clark once said, "Sharing the fun of fishing turns strangers into friends in a few hours," and according to the owners of a unique new shop in metro Atlanta, the scientist ...

One of the few outdoor-related offerings at Saturday’s Maker’s Fair in downtown Shreveport came from Ken Kingery with Big Woodies Custom Rods LLC. Anglers looking for a unique rod that will stand out ...

It was familiar fishing advice in an unusual setting. Because I wasn’t standing on a boat, but in the shop of Snake River Custom Rods owners Ricky and Goldie Prieto. And the line I was keeping tight ...

Does a fish really care how cool your fishing rod looks when it's fighting to get off the hook? It suffices to say, it doesn't. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't fish with some style while out on ...

NEWBURYPORT — Every TV show needs its support team that works behind the cameras, and a small Newburyport company finds itself supplying Reel Easy custom rods to a series that focuses on catching the ...

Entrepreneurs are risk takers. When it comes to investing and creating *** business, you must be creative. Problem solvers and I've been waiting for that aha moment of there's *** problem that needs ...

Getting a custom-built rod from Wayne Fowlkes always came with a bonus. Fishing stories. Fowlkes loved to hear them, loved to tell them. “I remember the day I met him at his shop to have two rods ...

IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) - John Campbell went casting around for a story recently. He found an Iowa City woman who has a degree in textile chemistry and spent a career as a paramedic supervisor for ...