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Building fishing rods is a productive way to spend winter evenings. A few hours of work will result in a rod better than anything you can buy off the rack. Of course it will take you a few rods of ...

MONROEVILLE, Ind. (WANE) — Last year, the idea for a new type of fishing rod holder came to Monroeville resident Thomas Blauvelt in his sleep. “I’m always thinking of things [and] better ways to fish ...

HACKENSACK, Minn. — In a sport that has exploded with expensive technology in recent decades, like $400 battery-operated augers, $4,000 electronic fish-finding video-like sonar systems and $40,000 ...