Last stop in Japan – a beautiful city of Sapporo with its breweries and then an arranged visit to meet a legendary rod builder Yasuyuki of Kabuto Rods. I’ve been following an amazing craftsmanship of Kabuto rods for as long as I can remember myself and able to go and meet Yasuyuki
I’ve been wanting to build this shortish lightweight rod with strong backbone that could cast relatively heavy flies like big grasshoper patterns or small streamers, when fishing small overgrown creeks for trout. And also the rod that I could use to send my big bass bugs under the trees
Living in Sydney, Australia meant I have to spend fishing saltwater at least couple of times a year. So I needed an all-rounder tool that could get the job done. I know, that universal tool never exist but like you have a 5wt 9feet rods for freshwater, I think 8 weight 9feet rod sits
What springs to your mind when someone says you should get a 9 feet 5 weight rod? Probably the most universal type of rod that could be used in series of situations? Type of rod that most beginners would start with, but also could be used by experienced fly casters in comps? Probably nobody would
This is my second completed project – a classic/traditional looking trout rod for a good friend of mine. The same exact configuration blank as I used for my previous build but with a different type of hardware this time. I think the chrome real seat and chrome guides matches the brown colour
So here you go, there she is. My first ever built fly rod. Having heard only but good things about CTS blanks, me and couple of friends decided to go ahead and ordered 3 weight rod blanks for those smaller creeks and tighter spaces when chasing trout or bass.
I believe it turned out a pretty sweet
