Rod Makers
and Related Links

Rodmakers  
Tony Spezio Multi talented guy that builds rods, tyes beautiful flies, and has even built his own airplane
Harry Boyd very helpful guy, he is the rod maker that started the Southern Rodmakers Gathering
Bob Nunley master maker from Poteau Oklahoma
has some great tapers to his credit
Frank Neunemann a multi talented guy from Germany, check out his very informative site.
Check out his photos in the iGallery. Frank never fails to amaze me in his work.
Danny Twang is a member of the rodmakers list,
he is from Norway
Bob Maulucci He is really a great guy, he helped me out on the ferrule project
and currently working on an online rod magazine
Tony Young's Bamboo Fly Rods in Australia, the man from Oz
He also build boats and other things from wood and metal
Darrell Lee rodmaker from California, he is a good source
for hard to find silk thread and other collectables.
Jerry Foster his site is the cyberpub of rod making "Rodmaker's Page"
HexRod Online Frank Stetzer's online version of Hexrod, does all the math
for desinging and building bamboo hex rods
Reed Curry Over my Waders, cool site with lots of interesting articles
Chris Huff Chris is not a rodmaker, he makes really beautiful nets.
He lives in Midland, Texas

Bamboo Sources

Cary Chan the Bamboo Earl, he is my personal source for cane
Charles H. Demarest, Inc. is the tradition source of cane for rodmakers here in the United States

Adhesives

Shell Epon Epoxies my personal choice of adhesives for rod building
I use Epon 828 & Epi-cure 3140
Custom Pak supplier of many types of adhesives including:
urea formaldehyde, polyurethane, and resorcinol adhesives

Other good stuff

Here are some photos of different Ferrules from classic rodmakers,
complaints of Tim Mullican