8'3" 4 weight Quad

Here is a couple of pics of a quad that will be going out this week. I will be posting more pics as the week goes on of other rods going out too. I wish I had some fancy old fly fishing books and hard to find Hardy reels to use in the pics with my rods, but I don't. Maybe I can ask one of the popular rod dealers if I can borrow theirs. I guess those things help sell rods. :-)

New Rod Going to K and K Flyfishers

I have an 8'2" 5 weight going to one of the local fly shops today. It has nicely flamed cane with lt. olive wraps and crimson tipping. This rod does have Hariki ferrules. There are a couple of small blemishes on this rod so it will be discounted.

http://www.kkflyfisher.com

Update

Things are as busy as they have ever been around the shop! I have a series of quads going out over the next few weeks. I will be posting pictures of some of them so check back. I also have the first 3 piece rod going out.

Right now my wait time is about 1 year. Just depending on what you want and if I already have one on order. Occasionally, I will have an extra rod for sale. I will post them on my blog if they last that long. I have been very blessed to have a thriving rod business.

Here is a pic of a happy customer on the Davidson River.

Carpenter Bros Update

I will be at K and K flyfishers fly shop this Saturday talking about bamboo fly rods. I will also be delivering a 8'5" 4 weight for them to sell. Its a blonde rod with Hariki ferrules, Box Elder reel seat and a medium fast action. As always I use 5 star cork for my grips. The finish on this rod is somewhat of a matte finish at about a 50 degree gloss level. This rod is hollow built as are all of my rods. Here is a link to the K and K flyfishers link. This rod will be on sale through them Saturday only for $1100. After that day it will go back up to my current price of $1400. SOLD! It lasted about an hour :-) 

http://www.kkflyfisher.com/

I also just finished a new demo rod. This is the 8'1" 3 weight. I will have it this Saturday with me for people to cast. I will also be in Island Park for the month of June so if you are going to be out there give me a shout and we can go fishing.

Busy!!!

I have been very busy in the shop lately. You can see the rods that are in the works.

Rod FS (8'5" 3/4 weight) SOLD

I currently have one rod for sale. This is a 8'5" 3/4 weight and is hollow built. The rod has a nice medium to medium fast action and can be made fast by switching to a 3 wt WF line. I personally like using a 4 wt DT line on it. The reel seat is Koa and the ferrules are Hariki. I am asking $800 for this rod, which is a one tip rod. I do have another tip for it, but have not put guides on it yet. This would be available for an extra $200.

Flaming

I have posted pics before of flaming, so here is another. This picture is off what "lightly" flamed cane looks like. At first look you might think this turns out to be what is called "tiger" flamed, but its not. This cane will be filed and sanded. When this process is done the darker stripes will be gone. The heating process seems to take out some of the variation as well.

I started my spring and summer orders this past week. I will be spending about a month out on the Henry's Fork in Idaho. I really hope to spend some quality time inside Yellowstone Park. I have fished in the park numerous times, but never off the beaten path. I would like to do that this year. I will also be spending about 2 weeks with the family in Colorado right after that. So the point of this paragraph is that I will be out of the shop most of the summer. I will probably take a break once back for about a month and when August rolls around hit the shop. This doesn't push my orders back, because I have figured that into my estimations when orders are placed. I think most builders take a break periodically.

I am still working very hard on fiberglass ferrules. As I told a customer last week, "if it was easy, everyone would be doing it". I don't know really what the weight savings will be right now. I don't see a huge difference between that and the Hariki's I am using, but will wait to make that final determination once I can produce good looking fiberglass ferrules. What I am planning on right now is that I will use them on larger rods (5 wts and up) to start with. To get the fiberglass to conform to the diameters needed for 3 and 4 wts is extremely difficult!!! Again, the weight savings for those lighter lined rods is not that much. I believe the real benefit will be at the larger rods.

Right now my wait time is about a year. The next order that comes in will have a delivery date of Christmas this year.