ruuning a business like a snack bar or massage out of RV?

bigred1cav wrote:
OK< I have a question. How do you think a rod & reel repair and rod making business would go in camping areas?

It would great IF there was someone with a broken rod or reel. But you take a campground with 100 Sites, maybe 20 of the guests are fisherman at all, only about 10% of those are serious fisherman, willing to pay to repair a rod or reel instead of going and buying another Zebco 202 combo pack. Of those 2 guests, the odds that any of them have a broken rod or reel is about 1 in 100, or a 2% chance of getting any business. Put another way, if the park changes over every night, you would get a customer every 50 days if everyone in the park new about your venture. Not very profitable. Now, maybe you could go to a park in a fishing rich area and advertise your services on craigslist and the like, but the odds are pretty good there will be established shops competing with you. Best bet for to make a living repairing rods and reels is online service where they send the equipment to you, you repair it and send it back. Price it right and advertise in the right venues, you might have a business. But it is competitive and you will be hampered by the fact the top line rods and reels have lifetime guarantees, so you won't be seeing those. And do you really have the skills and experience to say you can repair a broken fly rod that cost $500 to $2000 and make it like new? If you tried and failed, you would have one mad hornet of a customer to deal with.