When it comes to making custom fishing rods, Barry Weaver employs many skills. Weaver alternates among being a woodworker, an engineer, a lathe operator, a technician and an assembler. And when it ...

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 ...

The man on the other end of the phone was noticeably hesitant, perhaps even a little embarrassed. He had spent 34 years in the quiet, comfortable background of the sport-fishing industry, most ...

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 ...

In this alter-auto world we live in, there are basically three types of people building/driving custom rods: those that do it for the pure love; those that do it for ego or recognition; and those that ...

If you’re an avid fly fisherman, Tom Morgan Rodsmiths in Bozeman, Mont., needs no introduction. It occupies a singular position among fly-fishing-rod makers, focusing on customization and quality. “We ...

STEVENS POINT, Wis. (WSAW) - It’s always nice when students can take learning out of the classroom and into the outdoors. That’s just what some juniors and seniors at the Charles Fernandez Center in ...

If there is one element that can clearly make a custom motorcycle stand out in the crowd, than that element is the wheel. All it takes is a bit of imagination and some equipment to make a unique ...

Matt Moore, a veteran and owner of Hellbender Outfitters in Elizabethton is giving back to families with lost U.S. service ...