Making Your First Fly Rod: A Step-By-Step Illustrated Guide to Building a Fly Rod - Paperback

by Ron Kness (Author)

Imagine yourself out on a trout stream using your new fly rod that you built from scratch - and it cost you less than half a commercially-made rod! Well . . . guess what? With a few inexpensive tools, a rod kit and this book, you can make a great fly rod the first time you try. The step-by-step instructions with pictures make building a fly rod easy - even if this is your first time! I can show you how to build a fly rod, but it is up to you to enjoy your hand-crafted masterpiece on the stream of your choice!

Author Biography

I grew up in Central Minnesota, where my parents own and operated a fishing resort. Once out of high school I tried a couple of semesters of college, only to quit halfway through the Spring term; I decided at that time that college wasn't for me. Then I decided to follow my father's previous occupation as an auto mechanic. I graduated from a two-year of vocational training course and worked as a mechanic. While in vocational training, I decided to join the National Guard where I eventually ended up working full-time for 32 years. So how does all of this relate to writing? In one of my leadership schools, the instructor, who was an English teacher at a juvenile detention center, presented writing to me in a whole new way - a way that started to develop my interest in working with words. Fast forward about 40 years and I now have over 20 books listed on Amazon for Kindle.