For a good rod building intro see: http://www.virtualflyshop.com/Centers/Rodbuilding/
And for good spots to hit for blanks, grips, guides and reel seats: www.mudhole.com www.gregscustomrods.com (he's more or less local to me, and an excellent guy) Rob On Monday 02 September 2002 08:59 pm, Alan Di Somma wrote: > Joe; > > Maybe we can get together and I can show you a few techniques to help you > in your tying? Sorry , I can't help with the rod building, but I would like > to learn how to build them also. > > Alan Di Somma > Phoenix,Az. > > http://www.azod.com > > "Deep Thoughts" > Why do they sterilize needles before giving a LETHAL injection??? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jleavitt18" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, September 02, 2002 12:41 PM > Subject: Re: [VFB] Yellowstone pt. III / Photo's / Pattern > > > Aptly put Dan, just another thing to put on my want list. I WANT to > > learn how to build rods. :Building flies is a big enough challenge for > > me just now. Been messing around with foam today. Tied my first > > Morrisfoam > > Mayfly > > > Dun just now and a couple of Skip's Predator's earlier. Course to build > > rods I'd NEED more stuff :-) > > > > Joe > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Dan Gober" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Monday, September 02, 2002 11:42 AM > > Subject: Re: [VFB] Yellowstone pt. III / Photo's / Pattern > > > > > Joe whenever the desire for a new flyrod strikes me, I buy the pieces. > > My > > > > goal is to build the finest rod I can that fits my budget. Half the fun > > of > > > a > > > > > new rod is discovering just how well it casts or it's feel when bent by > > a > > > > fighting fish. Me I'm addicted to custom rods, luckily a good friend > > > > taught > > > > > how to roll my own. Dan > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Jleavitt18" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Monday, September 02, 2002 2:07 PM > > > Subject: Re: [VFB] Yellowstone pt. III / Photo's / Pattern > > > > > > > Very true guys, wants, needs, and desires, we all have them. I > > > > DESIRE > > a > > > > new > > > > > > > fly rod, I WANT the newest fanciest one, but I don't really NEED it, > > my > > > > old > > > > > > > one works just fine. I just keep WANTING with great DESIRE, without > > any > > > > > real NEED. All that advertising must really work I guess. > > > > > > > > JoeL > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Mel Hocken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Sent: Monday, September 02, 2002 8:26 AM > > > > Subject: Re: [VFB] Yellowstone pt. III / Photo's / Pattern > > > > > > > > > Right On Nev > > > > > Absolutely nothing wrong with a glass rod. Like I've been > > > > > preaching. > > I > > > > > think we > > > > > > > > > get to caught up with all the hype that surrounds the world of fly > > > > > > fishing > > > > > > > and > > > > > > > > > try to make our sport far more complicated than it has to be. Keep > > it > > > > > simple > > > > > > > > > and compact and enjoy the sport and not the marketing. > > > > > Mel Hocken > > > > > > > > > > Neville Gosling wrote: > > > > > > Hi Bill: > > > > > > > > > > > > What surprises me the most is the fact that you used a Wright > > McGill > > > > > > > fiberglass rod. It makes me think that I'm too wrapped up with > > > > > > graphite > > > > > > > and > > > > > > > > > > bamboo. I hardly ever use a fiberglass rod these days. Perhaps I > > > > > > should. > > > > > > > > > Neville Gosling > > > > > > Surrey, B.C. -- Rob Blomquist Kirkland, WA On the side of the software box, in the 'System Requirements' section, it said 'Requires Windows 95 or better'. So I installed Linux and lived happily ever after.
