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Article: New start: No bites on fishing fly business, says former Wise accuser Frye
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- Charleston Gazette
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- November 16, 2005
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ericeyre@wvgazette.com His divorce prompted a West Virginia
governor to drop out of politics. Now, Phillip Icky Frye has turned
his attention to matters with a lower profile: Hes selling fishing
flies. Frye works as the U.S. distributor of flies for a London,
England-based business called Reelhunting UK. The company, which
sells hand-tied freshwater and saltwater flies, has been successful
in Europe and wants to enter the U.S. market, Frye said. This is just
getting ready to take off, he said. Any stores that want to carry the
line, theyll have to sell through me. Frye said hes having trouble
getting economic development grants to help Reelhunting expand into
the U.S. He believes the 2003 ...