Reflections

Hi and welcome back Sorry I missed last week. As I mentioned before I am currently a college student in my final semester of college. Last week was ruff I had a big project looming on me, and  I did not have a lot of time to squeeze in some rod making. So, this week

10 Lessons learned

So, this week I wanted to talk about the things I have learned so far on this journey. I think a good old top ten list would be in order here. So, without further ado: Number 10, Shop around. I have talked about Mudhole quite a lot and I do love their products, but that

Finding inspiration for your project

Welcome back. This week I thought I’d talk a little bit about where to find components and inspiration when making your rods. So, I think a little top 5 list is in order. Let’s start out with an often looked-over place. For my number 5 place to get inspiration, I would suggest https://www.rodbuilding.org. This was

Cheep Ways to Start Rod building

I originally started this hobby because I was looking for a surfcasting rod that was over 12 feet long. The only place I could find them was at the bait and tackle shops near the beach. Most of the tackle shops I went had a bunch of custom-made rods that were way out of my

Finishing up “Eagle One”

Welcome back. After a long day I decided to get back at it. For some reason I decided to finish up “Eagle One” and add some decretive wraps to the butt section. This is my first attempt and oh boy it ended up looking nothing like the picture, but I think over all it turned

The wrap part dux

Well after taking a week off from “Eagle one” I have started working on it again. After the last fiasco, I had to remove all the work I had done because the guides were way too far off to be salvaged. This time I rigged up a homemade alignment tool to help me keep the

Mistakes were made

Well all my efforts last week were for not. After I finished up wrapping the guides on “Eagle One” I will need to take them off and start all over again, what a let down on my part. I think I was distracted trying to make a video of myself wrapping the guides. While the

Wrap Time

Now I am working on what I have dubbed “Eagle 1”. This rod will be for a new Eagle scout. Today I started the guide wrapping process. I found this very tedious. To begin with, I was having some issues getting the thread started. I also decided to get out my camera and record a

“The Green Goblin”

The making of the “Green Goblin”. For this project I chose a green rod blank and a cork handle. I have always liked the organic feel of a cork handle, so this was kind of an easy choice for me, however, mistakes were made. During the process of reaming out the handle things went awry,

Hello and Welcome.

Hi and welcome to my blog. First off, I’d like to introduce myself. My name is Brian, and I am a collage student at Radford University. I am writing this blog for a class that I am taking this semester. I am new to blogging and not the best content creator. As we go along