Rod Building Sites & Links

[Windknot]

These sites either interested me, or taught me, or are companies I've dealt with. I hope others will add their own favored sites and comments.

Don

Rod Building Sites





Fly Anglers OnLine – Under Rod Building on Left side of page. This is Al Campbell’s 12-part article on rod building. I found it ideal (for me; maybe not you), and relied on it more than many other info sources.

http://www.flyanglersonline.com/begin/graphite/ (http://www.flyanglersonline.com/begin/graphite/)



Anglers Workshop – Great all-around source for Stuff (Rod Building & Fly Tying) I’ve seen how they dealt with a defective part – these folks are top drawer!.

http://www.anglersworkshop.com/ (http://www.anglersworkshop.com/)



Cabela’s – Order their Tackle Crafter and Fly Fishing catalogs online. Good Reference.

http://cabelas.com/index.html (http://cabelas.com/index.html)



Hook and Hackle – Great all-around source for Stuff. Usually offer a 20% discount online that can be used on any type of order – Internet, phone call, etc.

http://www.hookhack.com/ (http://www.hookhack.com/)



Blue Ridge Rods – By David Edens formerly of Athens. Great guy – good rods/blanks/kits.

I’ve bought two blanks from him.

http://www.blue-ridge-rods.com/ (http://www.blue-ridge-rods.com/)



Custom Rod Builders Guild – The professionals. They have a bulletin board that may answers questions you have.

http://www.rodguild.com/ (http://www.rodguild.com/)



The newer Custom Rod Building folks – I prefer browsing this one:

http://www.rodbuilding.org (http://www.rodbuilding.org/)

[TangledUp]

www.GoldenWitch.com

[FlyBy]

http://shop.mudhole.com/

http://www.rec.com

[GUTHOOKED]

Another message board -
http://www.rodcrafting.com/list.php?f=1

Components and supplies -
http://www.rec.com
http://www.shofftackle.com/

[Robert Hicks]

Jeff is a super guy, and if he doesn't have it, he can tell you who will.
http://www.wagnerrods.com/tools.html

A great site with a ton of links, and the help sections are great.
http://www.canerod.com/rodmakers/

http://pages.prodigy.net/pumpkin10/index.html

The name says it all...
http://www.venneris.com/

http://www.flyandrodroom.com/reel_seats.htm

And of course Golden Witch.

[GonetoSeed]

These sites are primarily for builders smitten with the Boo Bug, but even us plastic guys can gain design insight and learn techiques common to cane and plastic
http://www.bamboorodmaking.com/html/tips.html

Power Fibers almost always has feature articles of interest to all builders. The current issue has an interesting article concernig grip shapes and their impact on casting, comfort, etc

http://www.powerfibers.com/html/new_issue.html