Although I take proactive measures to protect the investments I have made into the high-end tackle and electronics I put into the hands of my fishing charter clients, inevitably, accidents happen.

Q: Has Phil Bayless at Bayless Brothers rod and reel repair on Whitfield Street closed up shop for good? I occasionally drive by the shop and have not seen it open this year. It was the only rod and ...

When Dennis Evans isn’t out fly-fishing, he’s usually hunkered down in his small Toppenish shop replacing guides, cork handles or reel seats on fly rods. “I can do anything that needs to be fixed on a ...

One of the big"secrets" in cold crack repairing is to make certain all of the plugs are locked together, as illustrated in the above drawing. Care taken in locating the I holes will insure success.

ORTING -- There's a special bond between old men and boys when they talk fishing. Maybe it's in the genetic coding, or what they call "a guy thing," but David Nielsen had it with his Grandpa George ...

Being laid off lured fisherman Rich Naliborski to turn his hobby into an enterprise 32 years ago. He still runs the New Athens fish pole repair and supply service by himself. Five years ago, he moved ...