When it comes to making custom fishing rods, Barry Weaver employs many skills. Weaver alternates among being a woodworker, an engineer, a lathe operator, a technician and an assembler. And when it ...

Getting a custom-built rod from Wayne Fowlkes always came with a bonus. Fishing stories. Fowlkes loved to hear them, loved to tell them. “I remember the day I met him at his shop to have two rods ...

What is a custom fishing rod? A custom fishing rod gives you the option to pick out everything about the rod and make it yours. We start by choosing the right blank for what you want to fish for and ...

CASHTON — Dale Radcliffe of rural Cashton and his nephew, Eric Horstman of Winona, Minn., figured they could build a better fishing rod. So they started Radcliffe Custom Rods in 2018, and have been ...