My latest Flyfishing & Tying Journal magazine arrived with a article on John Betts rod saying "I can now produce a 6 strip 2 piece fly rod blank for a 3 or 4 weight line ready to finish in four hours" His new book will tell how to build a 7 or 8 foot out of maple fir birch hickory ash or oak. He built Frank Amato a steelhead rod--8 foot 8 inch weighs 4.6 ounces. BILL