Fly Rod Building

I spent a week up in Grayling, Michigan with instructor Ron Barch and host Victor Edwards of Bamboo Bend, building a bamboo fly rod.  With me on this creative adventure … David Klco, my father-in-law Raymond Lincolnhol, Tim Lincolnhol, Ann Lincolnhol, Ray Lincolnhol, Mike Lincolnhol, and Jimmy Edgett. Sue came up for the week too and helped by taking lots of photos of the process.  Therese and Patsy stopped by for a day also.  It was a fantastic week of joyful learning, lots of planing and a few cuts. We ended up with some great rods and fond memories.

Here are photos of the process throughout the week.

Day 1 Fly Rod Building Class with Ron Barch – April 17-24, 2015

David Klco, Sue Klco(standing in for Ann Rodenbeck), Bill Klco, Tim Lincolnhol, Jimmy Edgett, Mike Lincolnhol, Raymond F. Lincolnhol, Raymond C. Lincolnhol, Ron Barch. Photo by Victor Edwards of Bamboo Bend in his wonderful workshop.

Jimmy and Mike

David splitting bamboo

Rays

Jimmy

Jimmy and Ron

Ray

Tim

Dad heating nodes to straighten

Mike and Dad

Mike, David, Dad

David

Mike and Dad

Ron and Mike

Binding the butt

Setting the planing form

Mike and Dad planing

Ron and Jimmy beveling

Ron and David beveling

David wetting rods after binding

Tim

Dad

Jimmy and Mike

Ray

Mike with glove on to avoid splinters and cuts!

David

jimmy

Bamboo Culms

David

Ron and Ray

Dad and Ron

Visiting a boat building friend of Victors

David and boat builder

Boat building

Jimmy planing

Workshop

David planing

Ray planing

Dad planing

Ann planing with good hugging form.

Ann with the joke pole that Mike made for her.

Getting directions

Tim, Ann, Jimmy

Victor Edwards hosts week long bamboo rod making classes for disabled veterans held in Grayling, MI.

This goes from my hands to your hands to my hands!

Jimmy and Ann

Ann

Jimmy setting planing form.

Dad and Ron

Ann with her special plane.

Tim

Bill removing binding string.

Bill removing string.

Ron and Ray binding

Ron cutting the string.

Dad, Ron and Ray binding.

Dad Ron and Ray binding

Shavings!

Ann

Planing to a fine tip. 6 narrow tips with come together to make the tip of the pole about the diameter of a toothpick.

Ron and Ann binding.

It worked!

Dad at work.

Ray shocked.

David sanding.

Jimmy

David and Ron

Ann and Tim glueing.

Jimmy and Ann

Ron again kissing the pole.

Tim and Ron binding

Ann planing and planing and planing.

David

Tim

Ron and David

Ron and David

Sharpen those blades!

Mixing the glue.

David

Ron and David

Ron and Tim

Tim with Ann’s glasses

Tim

Putting on the ferrules.

Putting on the ferrules

Jimmy and Ron

Tim and Jimmy

David and Grandpa

Tim and Victor

Tim

Ron and Bill on the lathe.

Happy Ann

Ann

Tim

Ince’s cottage on the Au Sable River

Ann and Sue glowing

Au Sable River

Au Sable River

Signed and dipping

Ann, Ray, Dad

Jimmy signing Gill

back of cottage

Jimmy’s pole

Heated storage after dipping

David looking at dipped pole

Dipping box motorized and heated.

Reel seats on nearly finished rods. David made reel seats for Jimmy, Bill and himself out of the dark old oak from the 7001 Delta River Dr. oak tree on the Edgett/ old Klco property.