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PENNSYLVANIA TACKLE
DREAM WEAVER
CUSTOM FISHING RODS
by Alex Zidock Jr.
N
ecessity is the mother of invention, but she
also bears the power to provide. Barry Weaver,
Elizabethtown, never fished as a youngster. In his
early 20s and newly married, his father-in-law, who worked
in a Michigan tackle shop, brought him a busted rod and
suggested he take it home and practice wrapping it.
" One day, the guys I worked with asked me to go trout
fishing with them. I never fished, and I didn't own a fly
rod. I decided to check them out and see what they cost.
And man, I wasn't going to spend that kind of money and
not like doing it, " said Weaver.
Out of necessity, he went home and decided to build his
own rod from the parts his father-in-law gave him. " My
brother-in-law told me it wasn't rocket science. So, I began
wrapping, and I soon found out I enjoyed wrapping rods as
much as I enjoyed fishing, " said Weaver.
Weaver's new hobby quickly produced several rods. " My
wife asked what I was going to do with all the rods? That's
when I decided to start selling them, and Dream Weaver
Custom Fishing Rods took life. Since then, for the last
35 years, there has not been a time when I have not been
building a fishing rod, " said Weaver.
Fifteen years ago, Weaver took early retirement from the
Mars facility, and his profitable hobby shifted from part-time
to full-time.
" That's pretty much what I do now. I came into this shop
with another friend. He had an internet business, and I had
to move from building rods at home, because the major rod
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parts suppliers said they could not sell me their top-shelf
stuff unless I had a brick-and-mortar location, " said Weaver.
His friend moved south 10 years ago, and Weaver has
the entire space. He put in some tackle and expanded his
custom rod-building business.
" I'll repair any rod, but when the customer brings a
rod in for repair, I give them my 25-cent pitch on why a
custom rod would be better for them, " said Weaver.
" I build anything from ultralight to offshore. I have
rods in Russia, South Africa, Australia, several other
foreign countries and the United States. If somebody told
me 15 years ago I'd have rods worldwide, I would say they
were out of their mind, " said Weaver.
photo-Alex Zidock Jr.
http://www.fishandboat.com
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