rod builders
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Hillbilly Redneck
wishin I was fishin
The guy in Lake Stevens closed his doors a fews years ago I think. I always meant to take one of his classes. I ended up home schooling myself last year and built a few switch and spey rods.
yes he did, same here, that's, probly why I have these blanks, the old I'm going to do that one day deal.
You may find a local class at one of the Community Colleges or the best luck is finding the local Fly Club as they often have skilled resources. For the internet, I would check out MudHole.com. They are out of Florida but have a bunch of 101-level videos. Good Luck with your build!
Denwor54
Life of the Party
Wrapping rods is not that hard you just need a few basic tools that are not very expensive. But it gets down to what you want, if you want a custom rod with fancy jewelry it will cost you. I have a friend that was mentored and he’s wrapping some nice rods now and I will reach out to him and get his contact info. He located down south and maybe able to wrap your rods. If you can tie a fly you can easily wrap a rod, the biggest hang up if you will need a turner. I build bamboo rods for a hobby and used to build custom graphite and you have the space I can walk you thru it. And if it’s you first rod buy the preformed cork handles, reel seat and a guide set and your on you way.
Proff Fly Fishing tutorials.
I'm happy to meet up somewhere and show a few tricks! I learned from Ron Torda when All About the Fly was open! I also worked for about a year with Jim at XRods. I'll check with Ryan at Avid, maybe we can have a little semiar on rod building. It's really not that hard to do.. Hell even I can do it! Cheerss!
