After a few years of fighting it, I finally had a total knee replacement surgery last week. Recovery is going well, but I’ll be “out of rod building action” for about 6 weeks…probably a good time to tie some flies for next season!
Category Archives: Bamboo Rod Building
New Video
After 14 years, I finally updated the video that is in the right hand column of my WEB Page. The old video was done in my old workshop. Finally, I’ve updated to a much more interesting video showcasing my rod building process. Thank you Olivia Elia so much for helping with the filming and editing of this video. I’m very happy with how it came out. Click on the link, and enjoy.
Updates to my WEB site.
I haven’t posted for quite a while so I wanted to provide an update. I’m in the process of re-designing and updating my WEB site. I’m pretty excited about some new additions. This past several months, I’ve been working on a new Fast Action Series of bamboo fly rods that will be available very soon. These rods are great for anyone looking for a faster action rod that throws large flies well in windy conditions, or, just looking for something with a very nice fast action. Also, I will now be offering custom Bamboo Wading Staffs that I’ve been building. These are one-piece wading staffs built from the same select Tonkin bamboo that I use for my fly rods. Stay tuned in the weeks ahead for my updates.
Fishing my local creek in October
I made it out to my favorite local small creek this past week with my good friend, Joe. I fished my 6′ 8″ 3 wt bamboo and Joe took out his 7′ 0″ 4 wt bamboo that he built in my workshop. This creek runs right below my house and gets almost no fishing pressure, so we had the water to ourselves for the afternoon. This is some of my favorite kind of fly fishing…getting out on very small local waters with light bamboo fly rods. We found several willing native rainbows in the 6″ t 11″ range ready to take assorted nymphs and dry flies.
My favorite small rod with a classic Pflueger 1492 reel.
Joe fighting a nice little rainbow
A nice fish landed!!!
We each caught several of these colorful native rainbows.
A new custom rod I just finished
I just finished a new rod for a customer who was looking for a fast action rod that he could travel with. We decided on a 7′ 3″ 3 piece 4 wt rod. I don’t normally build fast action rods, but I modeled one of my other rods to meet his interests. He chose an English walnut reel seat with engraved hardware, and Royal Hunt primary silk thread wraps on the guides. We were both extremely happy with how it came out…a great fast action rod for small streams. Here are a couple of photos.
A great fast action rod with English walnut reel seat and Royal Hunt wraps.
A beautiful 7′ 3″ 4 wt rod.