. 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 warehouse with heavy machinery and assembly lines, but inst ...

Shari Fodi is really wrapped up in her work. An artful pursuit with a practical application, Fodi's business is custom wrapping fishing rods. Look in a tackle shop and find the high-end rods with ...

They are short fishing tools, only 46 inches long ... “I rode over to his house on my bicycle and he showed me how to wrap rods. Man I was proud of that rod, and I gave that first rod to ...

Artistic thread-wrapping or weaving in custom designs ... But her interests do not stop with fishing rods. She also crafts elaborate fairy houses out of stumps of wood – not for sale, but ...

Wrapping, coating, inspecting also all happen ... Calligraphy is inscribed on a rod. Spin fishing, the type of fishing that most of us are familiar with, involves using a heavy lure with a ...

Determining the best bass fishing rod for a particular purpose is a personalized endeavor. An angler’s physical stature, line choice, and fishing environment are all factors to consider when choosing ...

Mike Evert bought his fiberglass fishing rod from Loch Lomond Bait Shop more than 30 years ago. The 6-foot-8 stick remains in shipshape, even after thousands of fish caught — including a 110 ...

Immersing yourself in the great outdoors, unwinding, reconnecting with nature and indulging in a sport Herbert Hoover once described as “a chance to wash one’s soul with pure air,” fishing ...