ONLY TWO Steffen Brothers rods
remain in the Fly Rod Shop
ONLY TWO Steffen Brothers rods
remain in the Fly Rod Shop
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....!!
Select to see larger images of ALL rods in the Shop
ONLY ONE Steffen Brothers rod
remains in the Fly Rod Shop
McFarland PERPETUAL blanks are complete rods
8'0" 3pc 3/4 wt - Nat glass
8'0" 3pc 4/5 wt - Nat glass
8'0" 3pc 5/6 wt - Nat glass
Waiting on the photographer to get the shots...!
(That's ME)
Text & Pictures
In the last several months, due to all the great customers, I have been selling a lot of rods and now I am so far behind
I am ahead going in the other direction. But a lot more are in the works being built . . .Stay Tuned!!
Customers are my greatest asset. Thanks for being one!
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This gallery shows Lemke & Struble reel seats with various domestic US and other exotic wood inserts. The wood has been dried to approximately 5% moisture or less, then under almost full vacuum for up to 8 hours, remove as much air from the wood as possible. Then, at atmospheric pressure with the vacuum pot open, allow the wood to absorb the resins for at least 36 hours and up to 72 depending on how open-grained or porous the wood is. The inserts are then "baked" to at least 190°F to cure the resins (stabilized) and then cleaned-up and staged for use in making beautiful fly rods as you have seen on this site. The exotic woods that by nature contain natural oils do not get stabilized with this vacuum process. All domestic US woods are stabilized.
NOTE: Select the large images to see the variety of wood for the insert