Anybody ever build a wooden fly rod? It’s not like bamboo but they are fun to use
Anybody ever build a wooden fly rod? It’s not like bamboo but they are fun to use
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9 Comments
MomDontReadThisShit on
Think it will stand up to a fish?
DegreeNo6596 on
Out of curiosity what type of wood did you use?
Electronic_Panic8510 on
Cool! What weight would you say it is?
Think that a big fish would snap it?
firstcoastyakker on
They used to bows out of wood, so why not!
Ranchhand44 on
If you treat it like a selfbow or an arrow shaft and you are mindful of grain runout and violations it would work good. The poplar dowels you used make a great arrow shaft if your mindful of the grain
jaybird1434 on
That’s really cool. Fun project for sure
Odd-Explanation4165 on
Wow , that’s old school fun right there
CleverHearts on
There’s a really good book on it called “Making strip built fly rods from various woods on the lathe”. I’ve built a couple, they fish well and it’s a fun winter project.
38knolls on
I used to cone across wooden rods at antique stores and widower tag sales in the Hudson Valley/Catskill area. I bought a few tag sale ones, like two bucks or so, this would have been mid-90’s. They didn’t bend much, but line went out straight, and quick. Problem was they were one-piece rods, so they didn’t travel well, couldn’t bushwhack with them.
9 Comments
Think it will stand up to a fish?
Out of curiosity what type of wood did you use?
Cool! What weight would you say it is?
Think that a big fish would snap it?
They used to bows out of wood, so why not!
If you treat it like a selfbow or an arrow shaft and you are mindful of grain runout and violations it would work good. The poplar dowels you used make a great arrow shaft if your mindful of the grain
That’s really cool. Fun project for sure
Wow , that’s old school fun right there
There’s a really good book on it called “Making strip built fly rods from various woods on the lathe”. I’ve built a couple, they fish well and it’s a fun winter project.
I used to cone across wooden rods at antique stores and widower tag sales in the Hudson Valley/Catskill area. I bought a few tag sale ones, like two bucks or so, this would have been mid-90’s. They didn’t bend much, but line went out straight, and quick. Problem was they were one-piece rods, so they didn’t travel well, couldn’t bushwhack with them.