ROD BUILDING BOOKS & VIDEOS
BOOKS
Rod
Building Books
Antigue
& Collectible Books
Bamboo
Rod Building Books
Fly
Tying Books
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FLY
ROD BUILDING MADE EASY
By Art Scheck Paperback, 190 pgs, published in 2002.
With clear instructions illustrationed with hunderds of photographs,
Art Scheck takes the beginning rod maker through the steps to creating
a handmade fly rod that will fish with the best of them but won;t break
the bank. #RBK13
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FIBERGLASS
ROD MAKING
By Dale Clemens Paperback, 189 pgs.
Covers all aspects of rodbuilding from blank selection to wrapping and
finishing. #RBK1
ADVANCED CUSTOM ROD BUILDING
By Dale Clemens Hardcover, 370 pgs. Advanced instruction with illustrations
in black/white and color on crafting every type of rod. #RBK3 (Click
on photo for larger image)
CUSTOM
THREAD ART
By Dale Clemens Hardcover, 235 pages. Techniques and creative variations
of over 100 patterns of thread art. Illustrated in color and B/W. #RBK4
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STEP
BY STEP ROD BUILDING
- Flex Coat Paperback, 50 pages.
A fully illustrated guide on the building, wrapping, trimming and finishing
of your fishing rod. #RBK5
DECORATIVE
ROD WRAPPING #1
Flex Coat - Fully illustrated pamphlet with step by step instructions
on Diamonds, Flags, Boxes and Fish. #RBK6
DECORATIVE
ROD WRAPPING #2
Flex Coat - Fully illustrated pamphlet with step by step instructions
on Maze, Thunderbird, Cross and Tuna. #RBK7
THE CUSTOM GRAPHITE FLY ROD
Skip Morris Hardcover, 112 pages.
Crisp, practical guide for designing and building customized graphite
fly rods. #RBK8
MODERN
TACKLE CRAFT
C. Boyd Pfeiffer.
Clasic work on takle building, updated new edition, 800 photos #RBK9
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GRAPHITE ROD
REPAIR
L.A. Garcia,
Simple instructions from an expert, All color #RBK10
START TO FINISH FLY
ROD BUILDING
Ryan Seiders & Dan Smith of the Flex Coat Co. 52 pages, 100 illus.
A great book for fly rod building! Guides booth begining and advanced
rod builders through every stage of fly rod design and construction
in a logical, easy-to-follow sequence. Covers a variety of comonents
and techniques at every stage during construction of booth freashwater
and saltwater fly rods #RBK11
The
Technology of Fly Rods : An In-Depth Look at the Design of the
Modern Fly Rod, Its History and Its Role in Fly Fishing by Don Phillips,
Ernest Schwiebert . great explainations of how the moden fly rod was designed
and made. Excellent resource for any fly rod builder. (Click on photo
for larger image) ANTIQUE & COLLECTIBLE BOOKS
Antique
& Collectible Fishing Reels : Identification, Evaluation, and Maintenance
by Harold Jellison, Daniel B. Homel. An excelent resource for old fishing
reels.(Click on photo for larger image)
Antique
& Collectible Fishing Rods : Identification & Value Guide by Daniel
B. Homel (Click on photo for larger image)CANE ROD BUILDING BOOKS
Constructing
Cane Rods: Secrets of the Bamboo Fly Rod by Ray Gould Great book,
full of color photos. (Click on photo for larger image)
Fly
Tying Made Clear and Simple by Skip Morris, Richard Bunse (Illustrator),
Rick Hafele (Designer) (Click on photo for larger image)
Concise
Handbook of Fly Tying by Skip Morris Very clear book with great
color pictures of the standard tools and fly's.
ROD BUILDING VIDEOS
FLEX
COAT HOW TO BUILD CUSTOM RODS
By Flex Coat - "How We Do It" - This video takes you through
the basic steps of rod building the way we do it. In the video, Roger
Seiders, president of Flex Coat shows you he tools you will need, how
to find a spine, align the guides, build the rod handle, wrap the guides,
mix and apply fisih.
HOW
TO BUILD CUSTOM RODS STEP BY STEP
By Artie Hebert - This video takes you through custom rod building from
the beginning to the end. It teaches you how to use ordinary tools found
around the average home and explains more advanced tools that you'll
want to move up to as your skill improves. #VID1A
DECORATIVE
ROD WRAPPING
VOL 1 - SPIRAL & CROSS WRAPS
By Artie Hebert - You'll learn to make beautiful butt wraps on your
custom rod. This video explains the different thread available. It will
teach you to wrap diamonds, chevrons, and fish patterns. #VID4
DECORATIVE
ROD WRAPPING
VOL 2 - WEAVING
By Artie Hebert - You'll learn how to make a pattern from a picture
then weave it onto your custom rod using rod wrapping thread. This is
the most beautiful butt wrap in the world. #VID5
ADVANCED ROD BUILDING TECHNIQUES
By Artie Hebert - The most advanced rod building video available today.
It will teach you many custom techniques with thread art, also how to
make custom butt caps and build epoxy winding checks, and much more.
#VID6
HOW TO REFINISH BAMBOO RODS
By Artie Hebert - This video will teach you how to strip and revarnish
your blank,change or repair cork grips, change damaged reel seats, and
replace damaged ferrules, plus much more. #VID7
CUSTOM BUILDING
GRAPHITE FLY RODS
By Artie Hebert - This video takes you, step by step, through the construction
of two fly rods, a 5 wt. Freshwater rod with nickel-silver fittings
and ring guides, and an 8 wt. Saltwater rod with fighting butt, anodized
reel seat and traditional snake guides. #VID8
ROD REPAIR
By Artie Hebert - This video shows you how to make commen repairs to
you rods. #VID10
HOW TO BUILD CUSTOM RODS
BY DOC SKI - This video takes you, step by step, through the construction
of saltwater and big game fishing rods. The video is of exceptional
quality and done by one of California most respected rod makers.
ADVANCED ROD WEAVING
BY DOC SKI - This video takes you, step by step, through the construction
of rod weaves. It shows the how to develop your own "left"
lists and Doc Ski shows step-by-step the creation of one of his own
weave patterns. If you want to weave like a professional, you need this
video.
Digger:
Portrait of a Bamboo Fly Rod Maker For over 50 years, Francis
Degere has been making fly rods. His skills are revealed in this great
video. 30 minutes color. (Click on photo to see larger image)
Creating the Garrison Fly Rod This video shows legandary rod maker, Everett Garrison, in his work shop making bamboo fly rods.
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