Published May 14. 2007 - 16 years ago
Updated or edited Jan 14. 2017

Build a Rod

The introduction to the cover-it-all series on building your own grpahite fly rod, which will run through the whole process of building a complete fly rod, covering selection of components, handle, guides, coating and testing.

This is the Global FlyFisher's complete build-your-own graphite flyrod article series - known in short as the BaR-series. The series consists of the articles linked below this section of other rod building resources on GFF.

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HELLO MY NAME IS STU...

HELLO MY NAME IS STUART I AM BUILIDING A 12 FOOT 6 FLYROD I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT ARE THE EYELET MEASUREMENTS AND COULD YOU TELL ME WHAT 7 wt MEANS [THE BLANCK SAYS 12.6 4 pc 7 wt]

how do you know what...

how do you know what size tip top to buy ? the rod I am building is a three piece 12wt. the tip mikes .076 dia. and how do you know what size the strippers and snakes guides are. thanks Bob
i like this site it will come in handy for my first rod and don't ask why a 12wt. the blank where free.

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On the summit you've...

On the summit you've shown me your arsenal of self build rods and for me that was an inspiratoin of making my own rod some day. So that day is near! Coming week i'll be starting with my own project at my local fly-fishing shop which is giving a course on how to make your own rod. With this background information I won't be completely ignorent. Thanks a lot Jan-Ole!!

Kasper Mühlbach's picture

Jan-Ole, what an ...

Jan-Ole,

what an excellent series of articles.

Kasper

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