NY state offers Barclays $883K for Salmon River fly-fishing project; No, thanks, they say

James Tako, left, and Mike Huffcut, a New York state licensed fishing guide at Douglaston Salmon Run, test the Douglas Outdoors DXF 81164 switch rod on the Salmon River in Pulaski.( The Barclays of Oswego County, a family that includes a former and current state lawmaker, recently won $883,500 in aid from New York state for their plan to build a combination tourist destination and fishing rod plant on the Salmon River. Assemblyman Will Barclay , R-Pulaski, said he wants to avoid a potential conflict of interest because he owns a stake in the company, Douglas Outdoors .

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