I'm going to make a fly rod but don't want to go for a kit and don't have the tools for a strip bulit. The woods I am going to try all grow here in
Ohio so can you guys help me with the wood and the construction of the rod.
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Posts: 2176 06/23/2009 07:04 Bamboo preacher |
You really need a copy of John Betts' delightful book on the subject. It's a joy to read.
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Posts: 16 06/24/2009 13:16 |
Where could I read or get this book?
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Posts: 1939 06/24/2009 14:06 |
Use this URL to locate copies of the book:
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Posts: 17 06/24/2009 17:56 |
Thanks for the URL but can ably one show me a picture of this kind of rod or wood that I could use that grows in Ohio
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Posts: 1943 06/24/2009 19:22 |
It's not likely that you'll find anything growing locally that would be suitable. The better woods for making rods are often imported and they'll
be reasonably dry by the time you buy them. Even back 150 years ago, the best choice for wood fishing rods was lancewood, and that doesn't grow in Ohio. It
was always imported from Latin America. If you have no intention of actually casting and fishing this rod, then the choice of wood is all yours. The simplest
thing would be to buy birch dowels and turn those down to the right dimensions.
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Posts: 18 06/24/2009 21:43 |
Well I am planning on using this rod so I will look into other woods but could I plane these square and then round off the corners insted of turning them?
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Posts: 1944 06/24/2009 21:59 |
I haven't made any out of wood so I'll let someone better qualified advise you from here.
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Posts: 13 06/24/2009 22:47 |
Go to the following link, and search under the user name of Royce. He did a series of posts on building wood fly rods based on John Bett's book. You might
be able to pm him for info on the process.
http://www.flyanglersonli...bb/forumdisplay.php?f=11 Ron |
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Posts: 126 06/25/2009 00:35 |
If you search "wood rod" on this board, you will find additional posts that should be relevant for you. As to Ohio woods, you have a couple that are
quite reasonable to building wooden rods...Hickory and Ash. Here's one I made as a 4-strip rod from Ash, with poplar grip and hardware salvaged from an old
fly rod. ....it casts well and yes, it catches fish.
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Posts: 23 06/25/2009 08:53 |
The famous Dr Henshall black bass rod had an ash butt and lance wood tips and I have some old home made bass rods that are all ash. Another native butt/mid
wood is iron wood or blue beech. Don't forget native species of cane for tips. In old rods I have seen plenty native woods for the butt and mid, but
usually see a tropical wood like lance wood or lemon wood for the tip. Often, calcutta cane - either whole or split - is used for the tip too. Hickory was
used in Britain for flyrods after trade with America started and the use of hickory for rods seems to have lasted longer over there.
One old method of making wood rods by hand was to plane the taper for a square cross section and then use a spoke shaver to round the corners.
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Posts: 19 06/25/2009 10:45 |
Thank you all for the help. I will try to bulid a rod here in the next couple of weeks for you all.
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Posts: 127 06/25/2009 11:33 |
Jeff: I admit i haven't challenged that ash rod with a big fish, but I believe they never used ash on the tips and instead used more bend-tolerant species
because they were using single strip rods, not ones made in bamboo rod style. The use of that technology with wood was, in fact, the major motivation behind
John Bett's efforts, as you know. The first wood rods I made were just single piece and I ran into grain issues at one point or another. With mine, I had a
couple breaks, but interestingly, in the mids, not the tips. I then went to 2- and 4-strip sections where I could glue to counteract grain issues and have had
better luck. What I would like to do is try full-on flex tests of these rods compared to bamboo, just to see how much they will tolerate relative to
traditional bamboo. However, it takes so much work to get to the point where a test would mean anything that i just haven't had the stomach to do it:x
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Posts: 20 06/29/2009 00:32 |
I was walking through my local outdoor shop and saw a cane rod sitting there for 4$ could I add a reel seat and handle or should I try to adjust the taper on
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