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

On to the next project!

Welcome back. After finely finishing up “Eagle One” it is time to figure out what my next project will be. I wanted to do something totally different from what I have done so far. I originally thought about doing a spinning rod because I have not done one yet. So, all my projects have been

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,