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Article BaR: Testing May 14. 2007 Build a Rod, 5 The rod is done and you need to determine what line is best for it. Don't always trust the fine print on the blank, but join Jan-Ole Willers on the water for a test of the newly built rod to find out whether it was worth the effort. Last installment of our rod building series here	Article BaR: Coating May 14. 2007 Build a Rod, 4 We're now at the final stage of our rod buidling process, and ready to coat the wrappings. this requires a clean room and a lot of care. Jan-Ole Willers shows us in great detail how to do the best job and where to do it. All the advice you will need is found here	Article BaR: Wrapping May 14. 2007 Build a Rod, 3 This time we look at guide selection and preparation as well as the critical process of wrapping the guides. Learn some neat tricks from German Jan-Ole Willers in this third part of his extensive rod building series. A guide to guides is found here
Article BaR: Handle May 14. 2007 Build a Rod, 2 The handle is both an important part of any rod and a whole project in itself when building a rod. Jan-Ole Willers helps you choose a shape, select the cork and plan added features such as a fighting butt. Read the instructions to building a rod handle here	Article BaR: Parts May 14. 2007 Build a Rod, 1 The first part of the Global Flyfisher article series on building your own graphite fly rod, which takes you by the hand from the very beginning of the process: identifying and selecting the parts and materials you need. Jan-Ole Willers helps you take the first steps.	Article Build a Rod May 14. 2007 BaR 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. Start your rod-building career with Jan-Ole Willers here.
Article Four stream rods Oct 31. 2005 Fooling around This is not a review as such, but then again. GFF partner Martin Joergensen got the chance to play with four great and very different rods from ECHO, Harvest, Partridge and Scierra. All are light stream rods, but they still display large differences when fished side by side. Read about it here	Article Rod care Feb 28. 2005 Equipment The first part of a three part harmony about maintaining your precious fly fishing equipment - Rod, Reel And Line - by tropical fishing guide Roland Henrion. Learn how to prolong the lifespan of your fly rods. See lots of good advice and instructional pictures in the article.	Article The Making of a Prize Rod Dec 6. 2002 Rod Building The grand prize for the Flymeister 2001 contest was a custom built fly rod made by Neal Hall, owner of Classic Destiny rods and president of the Custom Rod Builder's Guild. Click here to see how the rod was designed and built.
Article Making grips II Nov 1. 2002 Cork work There are two basic strategies for building a cork grip for a fly rod. The first involves gluing the rings directly onto the rod blank and then shaping the grip. Another way involves gluing the cork rings together off the blank, and then shaping the grip in a lathe setup before reaming and fitting to the rod blank. That process is described by Bob Petti in this article.	Article Build a Grip Lathe Nov 1. 2002 Cork Work As we've alluded to in other articles, making your own grips from cork rings is an important part of building a custom rod. "Staying with the cost-effective strategy, I decided to try and build my own cork lathe using common materials and a drill." Read more of Jon Jenkin's article.	Article Bass bugs Apr 17. 2000 Bugged I'm not sure how floating bass flies got the name "bug", but it certainly has stuck. Whether constructed of wood, plastic, foam, or hair, they all seem to be lumped into the generic category of "bass bug". Read the article here