HOBBY TURNS INTO BUSINESS FOR FISHERMAN

A hobby has turned into a part-time business for Jeff Beltz of Cape Girardeau.

"I'm a pretty hard-core fisherman," said Beltz. "I've been tying my own flies and lures for a long while."

Beltz is hand-tying lures and flies now for other anglers.

"I work out of my home," he said. "I have lures available at Jackson Bait and Tackle and Southern Boat and Motors."

Beltz turns out a number of lures and jigs.

"I use bucktail, maribou and kiptail for my jigs," he said, explaining that kiptail was obtained from a calf and that bucktail was from deer. "I also prepare a large number of flies."

He also provides fishing tackle and supplies retail and wholesale.

He is an authorized Cortland tackle and line dealer. "We also has Eagle Claw and Wapsi Fly products," he said.