Rodmakers Shoppe

Stopped in to Rodmakers today to get myself a new baitcasting rod and reel. I have never used this type of setup, and they guys went out of their way to assist me.
Taking into consideration the type of fishing I was planning on doing, the budget I had available, and my experience as an angler they set me up with a great new rod and reel.
To top it off they even showed me how to properly cast with it in the back parking lot, and spooled it with line at no cost.
Now that’s the type of service you just can’t get from the big box sporting goods stores.

So you want to fish in Northeast Ohio? You want the inside scoop to the hot fishing spots and some great advice to go along with it? This is THE place. The guys are knowledgeable, and they won’t try to kill you on price. I would know — I have easily spent thousands of dollars on Angling supplies.
The store is tucked away in the back corner of the shopping plaza, so make sure you look for it.
Go here to become a better angler and get yourself outfitted with the proper gear.

I have been going to the Rodmakers Shop for years now, and despite having tried other stores due to convenience I always keep coming back to these guys. They are always extremely knowledgeable and put up with some of the less than intelligent questions I have asked, and most of them are pretty friendly. The one thing that is the most comforting feeling about making a purchase from their store is that they do not carry junk. You know that from the moment you walk out that door if it breaks it is either a rare factory error or a user error.
They have a pretty good live bait selection, my only disappointment is that they do not carry live minnows, which on this side of town despite the number of inland lakes and ponds are extremely hard to come by.
Great store though, extremely helpful staff, and I would highly recommend it to everyone from the first time fisherman to the seasoned veteran.

Forgive the boys at Rodmakers their awkward location. In order to get the size they need, I think they told their broker: «Find us something as far from fishable waters as possible. Oh, yeah, it should be in a crappy strip mall, too. Tight lines!»
Here’s how great this place is: I don’t fish anything but fly, but I really love poking around at all the «hardware» stuff. How much stuff do they have, you’re thinking? How many grains of sand on a beach? How many stars in the Milky Way? How many lies on a typical Fox News broadcast? Right. It just can’t be counted. Aisle upon aisle of great stuff, sensibly priced. Okay, it ain’t a fly shop. It does, though, have enough fly stuff to keep me coming back. (But would it kill them to re-​stock the fly assortment? I tie my own, but some of those buck fitty flies are pretty sweet, and would save me from squinting at the vise while my porn downloads.)
The guys working there are always helpful, enthusiastic, and quick to call me a girly-​man because I won’t drown worms. (I let slip that I practice catch and release, and they had me in a grass skirt and coconut shell bra faster than you can say, «Zebco!») If you fish anywhere in the greater Cleveland/​Akron/​Thunder Bay metropolitan statistical area, you owe yourself a trip to the Rodmaker. Tell them Girly-​Man sent you. And be prepared for emasculation.