 Born in Spirit Lake , Iowa , Bedell was educated in Spirit Lake public schools . He graduated from Spirit Lake High School in 1939 , where he earned spending money with a business in the midst of the Great Depression . His business involved braiding dog hairs around fishhooks , the result of which could be sold as trout flies . He began tying the fly @-@ fishing lures in his bedroom , then he moved the business into his parents ' basement . In time , he got space above a grocery store to continue the business full @-@ time . 
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Born in Spirit Lake , Iowa , Bedell was educated in Spirit Lake public schools . He graduated from Spirit Lake High School in 1939 , where he earned spendin paper wid a bizness in da midst of the Great Depression . His business done involved braiding dog hairs around fishhooks , the result of which could b sold as trout fly . He began tying tdafly @-@ fishin lures in his bedroom , then he moved thdausiness into his parents  basement . In time , he got space above a grocery store to continue the business full @-@ time .