Maine Fly Company builds off-the-shelf and custom fly rods by hand in Maine, USA. Here's a look at how they do it. Print Subscription-$35 for the Best Field & Stream Stories · Subscribe Today ...

Don't be intimidated. It's not as difficult or expensive as one might think, according to veteran rod maker Dave LeClair, of Elbridge, 65, a guru on the local bamboo rod-making and repair scene.

“One thing about Montana,” says Matt Barber, an owner of Tom Morgan Rodsmiths, a custom fly rod shop in Bozeman, “is if there’s a moving body of water, there is probably a trout in it.” ...

Becky uses special loom-like equipment to weave and wrap her rods, or will sometimes do this by hand. ... He broke his favorite fly rod while fishing out west some 25 years ago, ...

PITTSBURGH, April 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- "When I'm interrupted while building fishing rods or tying flies, I often have to start the process over again and needed a way to hold the thread in ...