Sage Blank Shipments Arriving Sage blanks are arriving almost daily. After struggling through the COVID pandemic, the Sage factory is now producing blanks and fullfilling backorders.
The Best Professional Grade Recess Inletting Tool! No kidding, the counterbore bits and pilot system that Custom Fly Rod Crafters use everyday are the easier, quickest
Just a Quick Note about Struble Agate Strippers CFRC just received an order of Struble agate stripping guides. These are some of the finest and unusual
New and Very Cool Reel Seats Custom Fly Rod Crafters now have some very dynamic reel seats for the custom builder. These seats are modeled after
How to do the grip and reel seat layout When I do the ‘layout’ on a particular blank, I will measure up where the reel seat
Using an Alcohol Lamp Besides the cleaning aspect, we use denatured alcohol in our ALCOHOL LAMPS for singeing and for ‘heat flowing’ the finish which I
How to repair a split female ferrule Sometimes because of age or misuse or an improper fit, a female ferrule may become split and if not
This is a very common question: When gluing on the cork handle, do you put glue on the rod blank, inside the cork handle, or both?
Rod Finish Brushes There are many ways to apply rod finish, from brush to spatula to darning needles to fingertips. Over the years we have tried
How to trim a carbon fiber/graphite tip section Trimming or cutting a graphite/carbon fiber tip top is sometimes necessary if you don’t want your tip section