Article: Frye says scandal still affects him: Man says wife's alleged affair with Wise tarnished name, keeps him from getting grant

Phillip "Icky" Frye, the man whose divorce scandalized state government, says he's having trouble getting a state economic development grant to promote his fishing fly business.

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, they'll have to sell through me."

Frye said he's having trouble getting economic development grants to help Reelhunting expand into the U.S. He believes the 2003 scandal that ...

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