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 ...

While mostly offered by specialty shops and custom rod builders, spiral-wrapped rods are spreading into the mainstream. The ...

Plucked from a dusty corner of his parent’s garage, a teenage Eric Oram packed the rod off to water near his Cody, Wyoming, home. With only a basic idea of what to do, “started whipping that sucker ...