Fly Rods: Building Your Own Fishing Fly Rod 1/2

Fly Rods: Building Your Own Fishing Fly Rod 1/2

If your an enthusiastic angler, have you ever conceived constructing your own fishing fly rod, tying your own flies, or producing your own lures? There's nothing more gratifying for me to hook and land fish employing fishing flies I have made and with a fly fishing rod I have constructed for myself. If you are serious about your fly fishing, constructing your own fly rod ought be a major consideration.

Constructing your own fly rod doesn't have to be awkward and is moderately easy to ascertain how to do. One of the outstanding things about constructing your own fly rod is that you are able to custom-make everything from the shape and length of the handle grip, select your own blank to construct your rod on, and pick out higher quality guides than what you could find in a fly rod off-the-shelf. While there are numerous producers that construct some really good fly fishing rods, you have to remember that they are produced for the "medium" angler, whatsoever that is. When you construct one for yourself, you are able to turn a fly fishing rod into a real fly fishing tool that can outmatch most anything you'll buy at the local fishing sport store.

Constructing a fly rod is not that challenging, either. You do not require any fancy tools though many of the specialty fly rod constructing equipment can be instrumental if you choose to construct more than a couple of fly rods. When I constructed my inaugural fly rod about 30 years ago, the only tool I employed was a round file that I required in order to make the hole in the cork grip larger to slide down the fly rod blank and glue into place. Everything else I employed were things found in any kitchen and livingroom: average size books for thread tautness (nylon thread is used to hold the guides in place on the rod) and a mug to accommodate the thread.