Sweetwater Fly Rods
CONTACT: Charlie at 540.691.6290
or e-mail to sweetwaterflyrod@aol.com
for any additional Information....!!
Artistic Designs in Custom Fly Rods for Ladies & Gentlemen since 1976
The American Tackle "MATRIX" 9'0" 5wt and 6wt along with a new EPIC 686 AMBER
have been completed and are on this site now, in the Fly Rod Shop.
Great things come to those who wait.....and I Thank You one and all.
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Customers are my greatest asset. Thanks for being one!
LOOK what just showed up in the
Fly Rod Shop
EPIC 686 "Fast Glass II" #24510
Lemke U/L reel seat in nickel plated alum. w/Black Ash Burl wood insert - 7" FLOR grade cork grip in the Half-Wells design - 12mm ceramic stripping guide with ECO plated Snake Brand snake guides and ceramic tip top - Guide wraps are 100% YLI silk with metallic silver bands at the stripper and each ferrule - Epoxy finish protects thread work and decal areas - Each ferrule pair has small white alignment dots for easier assembly. Complete with a 2" Clear Creek aluminum tube & rod bag. Total weight: 4.4 oz.
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Welcome to. . . Sweetwater Fly Rods
Please call me at 540.691.6290 or e-mail sweetwaterflyrod@aol.com if you need additional information or a price quote for your custom fly rod.
CUSTOM ORDERS are WELCOMED - Have it built YOUR way...!!
This rod was recently sold on March 14
Three more blanks have been ordered and
NOW HAVE ARRIVED - One of them is being built so stay tuned or contact me to put one on reserve for you . . . .!
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McFarland Custom Classic - "Dirty Martini"
7'9" 4wt
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Below is a collection of CUSTOM BUILDS and previously sold rods from the SHOP
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Recently SOLD rods at top of list
All of the rods and blanks listed as available will be
built to the quality level one would say is . . . .
"TOP SHELF"... and as defined,
"Top-shelf things or people that are of a very high standard or quality." Yep, that's what they are!!
And that is exactly what the customer expects!!
BLANKS
The finest glass & carbon blanks - EPIC-CTS-McFarland
SEATS
The finest reel seats - Lemke, Struble & ALPS
WOOD INSERTS
All pieces are selected, dried and stabilized in house
CORK
True hand sorted FLOR grade cork directly from Portugal
GUIDES
Snake Brand Universal snakes
FUJI & ALPS Stripping guides
Arguello & Struble Agates
THREAD WORK
100% Japanese Silk for fiberglass fly rods
Nylon for graphite & heavier fiberglass
Epoxy finish on all thread and decal areas
I do not have various levels of "builds" as others
may have, I have only one . . . . . .
the best it can be for the customer...!
And the PHOTOGRAPHY . . . .all done in-house by me!
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HOW TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR NEW FLY ROD
or any fishing rod for that matter. . . . . .
Please read these two articles by Tom Kirkman
"PREVENTING BROKEN RODS" and
"ROD FAILURE".
Both articles are in one PDF file and can be down loaded as needed for future reference. Reading these articles will give the new owner, or even a well seasoned one, some good insight on what can happen to a rod blank to weaken it, why one breaks at the wrong time and a lot of info about
how not to do the things that endanger
the life of your new fly rod.....!
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