We Talk About The Art

Of building a rod. My view is that of a rookie, and my work shows it. By the same token, the work of a craftsman also shows through. I’m lucky to be able to visit Mudhole in Oviedo, Fl and pick up my supplies rather than ship. Several perks come with that. One is that you see the work of some other Rodsmiths and get tips on a more personal level from the folks that work there and have varying degrees of experience. As in a tackle shop, the desire to gather stuff and take it home also overcomes you. So far, I’m not doing too bad leaving a lot of stuff behind.

As I said, you get to see some of the local work. I took a. Few pics today and wanted to share them with y’all. These aren’t all that was there. And some of the others had some handle work that was very outside the box and well done. It has been many years since i saw a rod with a wood handle. Saw a few today and it was no average, straight grained 2X4. Very nice. Anyway, here’s the pics. I hope you enjoy them and maybe they give some ideas for a future project.

Wow, guess I really had no idea what was possible.
Cool stuff!


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Speaking of art, here's a local bamboo builder:

Oyster bamboo fly rods hand engraved by Bill Oyster

Beautiful work. I’ve seen some shotguns with incredible work also. Way out of my budget but gotte love the work.

I used to sit and watch this guy in amazement. It’s artwork and they have taking it well past rod smithing. Nothing but respect for that YouTube

I would love to have a weave fixture and software but with my adhd I dont know that I would ever finish