Fly Fishing rod Building supplies

Our company is extremely excited to supply bamboo rod building courses within Farm for 2014. Situated at the portal into Shenandoah nationwide Park, Rose River Farm is a good location to teach others how to craft their unique split cane bamboo fly rod.

Your Instructor

Your trainer will undoubtedly be master cane pole builder Jerry Nonnemacher. Jerry, a chemist by education, is a graduate of Juniata university and invested their college years fishing the popular central Pennsylvania streams like Spruce and Spring Creek. He presented Executive Sales jobs with Goodyear and later began and served as CEO at a number of successful companies within the publishing and laminate industry.

Jerry learned to create rods from late George Maurer who's named one of the more important rod designers of the twentieth century. He spent numerous months working side by side with George mastering all aspects of rod building. Actually, the cane we will be making use of was hand chosen by George in China a long time ago. Jerry has a relaxed and informal hands on style that will immediately make students feel at ease- and then he is going to work to you each step for the way while you undertake your pole.

You Certainly Will Build

Each student will develop a 7 1/2' 2 piece, 4/5 WT, 2 tip fly fishing rod over a five-day duration with materials and tools supplied. Each participant should deliver good set of leather-based gloves. Some familiarity with woodworking and employ of hand resources is useful yet not necessary to build your own bamboo pole.

Hotels

All pupils need an exclusive room with personal bath. We will have two pupils per Cabin so you will share with another pupil a kitchen and family room. See the cabins page of the Farm internet site for more information on our deluxe cabins.

Dishes

We'll provide continental break fast day 2 - 5 (if you desire eggs, bacon an such like there is certainly the full cooking area in your cabin), meal day 2 - 4, and supper Day 1, 2 and 4 (time 3, a single day we will be fishing the Farm, we're going to leave open to ready your own dinner within the cabins after fishing or visit our local restaurants).

Curriculum

Day 1 - we are going to review each student's knowledge and level of skill and review the building process from beginning to end on a cd. Then it's inside to learning tips pick culms, flaming and splitting pieces, using the different equipment and installing and planing strips. Class will begin at 1:00 pm on day one.

Day 2 - more of just like we plane the strips and put up the glue binders and glue within the pole pieces, heat-treat, sand and slice to length, lapp the ferrules and ferrule programs, glue up components regarding pole and acquire willing to attach the guide ready.

Day 3 - it's every day to learn wrapping methods and get every person until we get a first layer of varnish in the wraps. Then it's off to do a little bit of fishing on private stretch associated with Rose River.

Day 4 - we're going to spend the time understanding how to complete the rod, preparing for dipping and having the first layer of varnish regarding rod. In the mid-day, those who need can attempt their particular hand on some Brookies in the Shenandoah nationwide Park.

Day 5 - we will prep the rods when it comes to 2nd layer of varnish and possess an evaluation report about the class and simply take photos of this members and their particular rods. Class will end by 12:00 noon. All rods after healing for a number of times will undoubtedly be sent to each participant in a rod case and tube.

Graduation

Upon graduation through the Rose River Outfitters Bamboo Rod Building School you will have most of the skills necessary to develop rods by yourself. As a graduate you will also be eligible for get, at a price reduction, pole building products and gear. Students will additionally be allowed to purchase, pre slice and harsh milled and tapered, presentation rod level Tonkin Cane pole pieces. Jerry normally does not offer these precut pieces. They generate the rod building process less complicated and ensure the greatest quality completed pole.

Dates and Cost

We scheduled 2 classes to date for 2014 - February 23-27, and March 16-20. All courses are limited by only 6 pupils. The price including all pole building products, hotels and dishes in the above list is $2, 500 per student.