Only ONE McFarland Glass rod, #180502, remains in the Fly Rod Shop list---ready for Delivery
Only ONE McFarland Glass rod, #180502, remains in the Fly Rod Shop list---ready for Delivery
Sweetwater Fly Rods
Artistic Designs in Custom Fly Rods for Ladies & Gentlemen since 1976
CONTACT: Charlie at 540.691.6290
or e-mail to sweetwaterflyrod@aol.com
for any additional Information....!!
New IMAGES have been placed in the WOOD INSERT & FIBERGLASS FLY ROD Galeries - Select Image Galleries below
Customers are my greatest asset - Thanks for being one!
Select to see larger images of ALL rods in the Shop
and rods previously sold
McFarland "GTX" fiberglass 8'6" 4wt - Ser #23510
Now in the Sweetwater Fly Rod Shop
Lemke U/L reel seat in Bright Nickel w/ Black Cherry Burl insert in a gloss finish.
7" FLOR grade cork grip in a modified Half-Wells design - 12mm stripping guide
w/ Snake Brand snake guides and tip top. Guide wraps are 100% YLI Japanese silk
Epoxy finish protects all thread work and decal areas. Each ferrule has small black
alignment dots for easier assembly. Complete with a 2" Clear Creek
aluminum tube and rod bag. Total weight: 3.3 oz
Click on the image for more views.
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.
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 picked, dried and stabilized in house
CORK
True hand sorted FLOR grade cork directly from Portugal
GUIDES
Snake Brand Universal snakes - FUJI & ALPS Stripping guides
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...!
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Below is a collection of CUSTOM BUILDS and previously sold rods from the SHOP
Select specs button to see more images.
Please browse through these pages and afterwards, send me a note describing what YOU would like to
have built as your next fishing companion - - -
Then we will get started....!!!
Thanks for looking . . . Charlie
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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 on how not to do the things that endanger the life of your new fly rod.....!
