About Rider Fishing Co.

Rider Fishing Co. was founded by Steven Reitmeyer a Navy veteran who served during operations Global War on Terrorism and Enduring Freedom from 2006-2014. Steven received an honorable discharged in 2016 and is now living in his home state of Kansas with His Wife and Family. 

Steven is the third generation in his family with with a deep passion for outdoor sports. Dream goal for Steven is to quit his 9-5 "normal job" and focus on Family, Fishing, and Bait Making. So with this dream he decided to start his own company to spread his passion and love for Fishing. Our First store started and opened in 2019 with Steven making only crappie feather jigs in his front room selling them to his fishing buddies one at a time. 

Well that wasn't enough for him he wanted to grow and expand. So needing a name for this company Steven Started thinking for days trying different names and logos. Then one day it hit him "everything has a beginning" why not name it after the person that inspired him and was the first man to take Steven fishing. 

So Steven named the company Rider Fishing Co. after his Grandfather

Raymond W. Rider

 

Raymond was the first generation to take Steven(age 7)  fishing for catfish, but the one time was all it took for Steven to get hooked. His father Frank Reitmeyer was the second to take Steven(age 9) fishing but this time it was for Largemouth Bass. From that moment Steven has Fished for almost every species and style of fishing. Steven to this day is still an avid fisherman.