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Thanks for everyones input. I have a rod ordered.

I am wanting a 9' 5 or 6 wt 4 pc pack rod. Something fast or moderatly fast. For trout stream in Colorado. Looking for something with custom look not to flashy. Fast to medium fast.

I was on this site last year and one of the members had a small business or hobby makeing fly rods and even had pictures. I can not remember their name. Can anyone help me with that?

RatherBFishin, I have been using a GEL PEN with fixative spray directly on the blank then coating with epoxy. Is GEL PEN going to be a problem later on? Why don't you use gel pens?

I have been south to Punta Alan bone fishing. This was my first time so nothing to compare it to, but I was impressed. It is a long rough drive, but you get away from the city and see a lot of the...

Lastchance, I am just getting started building rods and should not give anyone advice other than to listen to what they tell you on this board. Having said that I had the same problem on my first 2...

Betty,
How many more kewl tricks do you know. I am ready to write on my 3rd rod and was sweating trying to put the finish on without smearing the ink again.
Thank You, Thank You, Thank You
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Dudly, Are you sure your not one of our Boy Scouts with your Poptart & Raimen Noodle reply. No mater how much we try to get the scouts to cook on the trail one of them sneaks in Poptart & Raimen...

Thanks for all the input. I should finsish the next rod next week and will let you know how it works.

I just finished my 2nd rod and am still disappointed in my epoxy finish on my threads wraps that are wider at the ferruls. The epoxy was thick and thin and I couldn't even it out. When I'm finished...

L-dog,

Your rod looks great! I just finished my 2nd rod and have a 2 wt forcast ordered.

The measuring marks sound like a good idea. Do you measure from the bottom of the real seat or from...

OK Betty & Pan you talked me into it. I will give the 2 wt a try. It sounds like fun to have a rod that light.

Thanks for the help. I will give the flys a try.

While fishing for bone fish last year in mexico my spin fishing pals hooked a couple nice barracudas. Since we are going back this spring I got to thinking about what fun they would be on a fly rod....

I would love to have a small rod, but am concerned just how well they would cast and mind.

Can you get a 40' cast without working up a sweet?

Can you mind your line with only a 6'6" rod?
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As per the good advise from this board I am almost finished with my first rod. It is a 9' 5 wt Forcast. Overall it looks good and I am excited to cast it.

The one problem I am having is that...

What material are you useing for the back on the flashbach hairs ear? It looks like pear flashabou, but my flashabou is to narrow and using several strands looks cheap.

Doug, I puchased some ot the fly stamps from the post office years ago and want to make a shadow box with the stamp and a matching fly I tied. Kind of like the duck stamps with the prints. Have...

Thanks for all the help. This is just what I needed. Hope to get the blank ordered today and will let you know how it goes.

Last week when I ask about suggestions to get me motivated and get back on the tying bench Dr Castwell recommended his writings here at TAOL. Reading these got me so pumped up I'm ready to build my...

Jack, Thanks for your input. I will take a look at your suggestion. Sory I have promised the books already.

Cold, wet and windy here today and I need some winter reading ideas to get me motavated and back on the tying bench. The books I have enjoyed the most are by John Gierach. Does anyone have any...

Thanks for the help guys. I have sent out an email to Gary and will give him a call if I don't here anything[/b]

I had a great rod built back in 93 by a guy I met at the Denver Fly Fishing Show and would like to talk to him about another rod. Don't have his first name, but his company was Anderson Custom Rods....

Joe, Thanks for the tippet chart. That was what I have been looking for.

Jack, Thanks for the invite. I will try to get on one of these nights. Do you think the Walton quote would get me out...