Good News and Bad News

This weekend I went fly-fishing on the Millers River in Orange, MA. I had heard of the river years ago, yet I had never made the trip until now. It is a very pretty river with trees and mountains surrounding the the rushing water. The water was extremely low being the result of not having any rain the past few weeks, but fishing was still pretty good. As it turned out, the day became pretty eventful. I hooked about twelve fish and landed four nice rainbows of average size. It was an extremely successful trip, and I had a great time. Unfortunately, I am un able to post any photos because midway through my trip, I had lost my phone to the river. I looked up and down the bank, but it was nowhere to be found. I am still pretty frustrated, and it was stupid of me not to zip the pocket of my waders. The Millers was not going to let me get away with catching all those fish that easily. Oh well.

Rod Update

As Promised here are the pictures of the Fly rod I am building, up to date. It is almost complete; the handle and reel seat are finished and the guides have all been wrapped. The next step will be to coat the wraps of thread with epoxy, and add the final pieces of hardware to the reel seat. Overall I'm pretty happy with how it is turning out for my first hand built fly rod. It should be completed within the next week or so.  More updates to follow.

Jared

May 8, 2015

For an elective this semester I chose to do Senior Project. In this project we were given the freedom to do what ever we wanted as long as we accomplished some kind of goal. In my case, because of my love of fly-fishing, I decided to build a fly rod.

I'm about a month into building it, mixed in with my busy schedule, and its starting to come together. I bought all the parts online and started as soon as they arrived. In the project we are required to have some kind of mentor or someone who has experience in our field of interest of whatever our project might be, and have them guide us along in the process. Luckily for me, an old friend's father has built many fly rods as a hobby and was more than happy to help me out. Our meetings have consisted of me going over to his house, showing certain steps, and then me going home and doing them. Then once I was finished I would meet with him again for the next steps and so on. Now there are only a few steps left, and it looks like a fly rod but needs some touch up here and there, but so far I am very happy as to how it is coming out.

I will be posting pictures fairly soon as well as updates as the rod progresses.