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How fishing frustration in Utah sparked a new invention

By Fox 13 · September 8, 2026 · 1 min read
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A frustrating fishing trip in southern Utah led a local entrepreneur to create a product designed to solve a problem many anglers know well: weeds getting caught on their line. Greg Aldred says the idea came to him while fishing with his brother at Lee's Ferry on the Colorado River.

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