Meridian, Idaho company, Slate Creek enters fly rod business. Mission: the best fly rod ever made

Slate Creek isn’t known for its trout fishing, but it still spawned a fly rod company.

It’s where Meridian High School and Boise State University graduate Todd Ferguson learned to catch trout with a fly rod, and now Ferguson, who lives in Kirkland, Wash., has started a fly rod company and named it after his home waters.

Ferguson started the company to build a better fly rod, or to be exact, the best fly rod ever made.

Slate Creek Fly Rods: http://www.slatecreekflyrod.com

By ROGER PHILLIPS

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