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 ...

Jerry Guinn of Huntsville figures he's guided well over 100 anglers to building the rod of their dreams in the past decade, and he's about to make the journey one more time. His rod-building class ...

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 ...

CHISHOLM, Minn. — 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 ...

REEDSPORT — In a small, cramped storefront, lined wall to wall with fishing rods, Ken Silva glues a new tip onto a 45-year-old fishing rod. As the owner of Rod & Reel Repair, Silva opened his repair ...

Herman’s Big Fish is a first class fishing store in Mukilteo run by a father and son team, Al and Mike Herman. In addition to their full line of fishing gear, bait and know-how, Al and Mike really ...

Wintertime can be frustrating for many anglers as they wait for spring. For other anglers, it is time to get gear repaired and prepped for the next season. Garry Land is a long-time rod builder who ...

Rob Horken might best be remembered as "Ernie the Angler," his longtime alter ego who did weekly summer fishing reports on WDAZ-TV Channel 8 in Grand Forks, but in retirement, Horken keeps his feet in ...

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 ...