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
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
Select to see larger images of ALL rods in the Rod Shop
Customers are my greatest asset. Thanks for being one!
Many thanks to all my great customers. I have gotten behind this summer no only from great sales but also a death in the family in mid-September. My wife's mother passed away and we both have been working together to address all of the necessities several months before and after she passed. We will eventually get it all wrapped up as a rod builder would say!!
I have 5 rods waiting to be wrapped and she has her tax business that is always in need. More rod designs s are on the way and I am planning some good stuff for 2027 as well.
Many thanks for all your patience and Lord willing we both will be in full swing soon.
Please feel free to contact me at this time as I can always work in whatever is needed.
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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