Larry L wrote:
"rw" wrote


Building a rod is fun and it's pretty easy. It's something that everyone
who is serious about flyfishing should consider, just for the
entertainment value, if nothing else.




what's needed besides the rod "kit" ... I mean what tools and such? I've
got the Cabelas site open to the SLi rod kit and am twitching to click "buy
now" g but I fear that I'll find out that I need a $698 special tool
gizzmo G

Oh, and I'm a clutz, .... I can tie flies decently enough to catch fish, and
change light bulbs without too much help. I usually manage that level of
"tool and repair" things, OK. But if it requires small motor skills too
much greater than shoe tying I'm in trouble ... when you say "pretty easy"
does that mean easy enough for the "building challenged"?

You don't need any expensive tools. A cardboard box and a heavy
dictionary will serve for doing the wraps. The only place you might get
into trouble w.r.t. equipment is that you need a slow motor drive to
turn the rod while the epoxied wraps are drying. If you have a
rotisserie on your barbeque rig you could probably use that.

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