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 ...

Mar. 13—Kyle Watson of Smyrna and KDUB Rod Co was selected as a Top 10 finalist during a custom fishing rod building competition, the 2023 International Rod Building Challenge by American Tackle.

That’s one of the things about fly-fishing, and rod-building and fly-tying: It requires, and teaches, patience. It’s one of the values Puettman, founder of Joey’s Fly Fishing Foundation, hopes to help ...

The first fly rod that I built was for salt water fishing, particularly striped bass and blue fish. It was a G. Loomis 9-foot, 9-weight and it has since landed many stripers and blues. That was many ...

Interested local residents can soon go fishing with a professional-grade fishing rod that they made themselves. The Winnebago County Conservation Board will be offering a fishing rod building class to ...

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 ...

MADISON, Wis. -- A local veteran we've featured before on News 3 Now is giving back to other veterans in the area. Daniel (Dan-O) O'Kane, of Josie's Gift, is teaming up with two others, including Jeff ...

The Vinton chapter of the Izaak Walton League will host a fishing rod building class that will meet at the club's lodge north of Vinton every Tuesday evening in February. The $125 registration fee ...

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 ...

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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 ...