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 ...

CHISHOLM — If there’s ever a tornado warning for this Iron Range town, Mike Lesch will likely be safe. That’s because he already spends a lot of time in his basement shop, where he turns drab sticks ...

Back in the mid-1970s my dad told me a person could make a better fishing rod than what was available in the stores at that time. Dad had a good friend, Mark Brumbaugh, who had been building and ...

A friend contacted me about 4 weeks ago about building him some fishing rods specifically for casting weights spinners for coho (silver) salmon. I have some very strong opinions on how to optimize a ...

This visit combines fly fishing for trout with hands-on rod building at Orvis headquarters. Time on the water is paired with ...

Roads are clear along the Shore, but it's questionable when fishing will resume. Water temperatures will probably fall further with the melting snow, and there wasn't much surf action with school ...

Imagine catching a stringer of fish using a fishing pole that you made yourself! Well, you may be able to do just that thanks to a class being given by the Winnebago County Conservation Board. The ...

Woven fishing rod designed by Capt. Tiffany Vague. A skeletal pirate face is the woven design on a fishing rod made by Capt. Tiffancy Vague. A gift of fishing-related knowledge and skills is ...