Research/Investigation

I have been building fishing rods for four years now, I feel that I know enough about it to fully start and finish one and even make a video about it in the process. This summer I have talked to dozen's of rod builders about the little things that they do that make their rods come out better. I have also read two books on rod building, Custom thread art, by Dale Clemens. Watched two video's about rod building.. For a while I even joined an online bulletin board about rod building, www.rodbuilders.org. I also know a man and his wife who build and sell custom rods for a living. Bob Harris, owner of Harris custom rods has given me loads of information about building custom rods over the five years I have known him working on a fishing boat. His rods are sold aboard the vessel on which I work.