Tony, any good ideas on the tools needed to build one of these? I bought a book a while back, but haven't moved forward yet. -Jeff
--- Tony Spezio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gramp, > Wish I could have you here for a few hours. All the > mystery would be > gone. I used to build them on a regular basis for > clients. It would take > me 6 hours to have it turning with the finish on the > wraps. Several list > members can attest to this. > I would suggest getting a kit. I don't think Byard > carries them but you > might ask him about it off list. If not, I can put > you on to the right > people that will get you set up. There are several > small starter books. > I had a bunch from Gudebrod but sent them to others > that wanted to make > rods. I will check and see if I still might have an > extra in my stuff > downstairs. > Once you make one rod, you will make more it is > easy. I still make a > Graphite rod now and then, but I am into making > bamboo rods for the past > six years. > Go for it, you can pick up Blem Blanks from several > sources very > reasonable. I have found them for as little as 15.00 > Tony > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >Just curious, is it difficult to build a rod? > Pricey? (more or less compared to buying a rod > outright?) Can you build a spey rod? (I'd immagine > so, but thought I'd ask...) What type of time > commitment is needed (ie is it a snap-together > thing, or what all is involved?) Where does one get > started with finding information? Book > recomendations welcome - I have a decent library > nearby with a great ILL program. > >Any help is greatly appreciated, as I've been > curious about this for a while. I know that rods > don't magically fall out of trees (wouldn't that be > great?!) but are built... and yet I'm clueless how > that is done. > >Thanks and tight wraps, > >Pete > > > > > >-- "Richard Zieger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I am coating the rod wraps on a 10. 5 ft 3 wt > today. > > > >Friday I will put another light coat on and then > set the reel set, handle > >and tip top next week. > > > >Rick > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Your favorite stores, helpful shopping tools and > great gift ideas. > Experience the convenience of buying online with > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://shopnow.netscape.com/ > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
