Anyone have any idea where I could find some info on building fly reels (in particular, some blueprints/designs for the various components)? I'm just curious how feasable this is. I know that I could get the guys at Bellinger to make one of theirs to my specs (I'm wanting maple side plates/handle with NS hardware/accents), but that would be prohibitively expensive, plus I'd really love to be able to make it myself. I could just take the measurements from another reel, but then, I'd probably have to buy that reel in order to do so. Any thoughts would be most appreciated.

Regards,
Joe Martin
Salem, OR