Glass Rods and Brown Trout, Serbia

...

Read More

Trout Glass Rods or "The Magnificent Seven"

My personal collection of currently used trout glass or hybrid glass/bamboo rods, L to R: 6'6" orange S-glass 3/4wt 3pc, quick dry fly 7'3" Paradox Hybrid phenolic glass/bamboo 4wt 2/2, parabolic 7'4" Unstructured Prototype E-glass 3/4wt 3pc, med-fast progressive 7'6" orange S-glass 4/5wt...

Read More

Fiberglass and Serbian Brown Trout

I am back from my European journey...Some of the trip photos are posted here: http://musicarskikafe.blogspot.com/2018/06/wild-brown-trout-serbia.h...

Read More

"Old Empire" Semi-Para Taper

I have just completed this rod on the very last "Old Empire" semi-parabolic blank. This limited series of blanks (10 rods in total) were designed to emulate Paul Young's Perfectionist taper in fiberglass. The rod features lychee burl reel seat spacer with blued hardware, hook-keeper and...

Read More

The Forgotten Build

I finished this rod a couple of months ago for a friend in Canada, took photos of it, but forgot to post them. A classic looking build on my "Old Empire" semi-para taper with cigar grip and cap and ring seat. The spacer is spalted maple. Wraps are done in medium brown silk with small spiral...

Read More

Short Story About Two Three-Weights

Back in 2007 I built this little Lamiglas 7' 3wt 4pc rod. I wrote about it in this post in my other blog. With the little help of Facebook, I was able to find its current owner, Vladimir Petrovic, who fishes it happily today on various streams in Serbia and other parts of the Balkans. The...

Read More

Ready for Spring: Unstructured Fiberglass

Another 7'6" 3wt, ready to be shipped to its owner.    ...

Read More

The Last "Old Empire" Build of 2014: Unstructured 7'6" 3wt Glass Fly Rod #1214

 7'6" 3wt 4pc Fiberglass Fly Rod,  SOLD   Semi-para taper. The rod features mini full wells grip, handcrafted burgundy micarta/rust burl reel seat, blued nickel silver double slip ring hardware, and blued Snake Brand guides with matching stripper/tip top....

Read More

Unstructured "Old Empire" Glass Fly Rod #1114

 7'6" 3wt 4pc Fiberglass Fly Rod,  SOLD   Semi-para taper. The rod features cigar grip, handcrafted rust micarta/brown burl reel seat, blued nickel silver cap and ring hardware, and blued Snake Brand guides with matching stripper/tip top. Wraps are cinnamon silk,...

Read More

Catching Up 2

In between recent glass rod orders (top photo), I just completed a graphite stick for myself, for the upcoming trip to Martha's Vineyard. Meet the retro-futuristic fly rod, Euthynnus 9' 10wt 4pc...a rod dedicated to little tunny/false albacore (Euthynnus aletterattus.)...

Read More

Catching Up

  One rod finished, the other is ready for wrapping... ...

Read More

Driftless Glass

I just got back from the Driftless area, fishing extensively with both of my 7'6" #3 and 8' #4 glass rods. Both rods did very well, with the longer rod being more versatile in open, prairie sections of the streams, and shorter one providing that extra touch for small flies. For...

Read More