Flyfishing Romania-The Retezat Mountains

One piece of heaven from where the river enters the lake..that's where it starts. Unfortunately I had too little time for exploring. The next season will find me fishing those fast flowing rivers for sure. This time we had a little bit of float tube action. Missed some big ones. Will be back next spring. Enjoy some pics.

A three weight rebuild

Steffen Brothers 6'6" 2-3wt...first fiberglass build

Hi folks,

I am very pleased to post and show you my first fiberglass rod project on a beautiful Steffen Bros. S-glass blank built for a creek fisherman. This is vintage grade build. Beautiful colors on this one, almost full flex, beautiful small stream rod. Coming up two more, another 6'6" and 7'3". Stay posted for them and thankx for looking. Apreciate your comments!
George

A classic rod

This is a great 3wt. rod for trout.  Very simple and clean, classic build. The classic cigar cork handle has a fine feel to it and is a perfect match with for classy reel seat from Joel Lemke. This is a new addition in my line of rods and they will set a new standard in my builds. These are truly spectacular nickle silver and black nickle seats with gorgeous wood inserts, very light weight to balance the highly advanced graphite blanks of today.

This light rod makes a great soft presentation trout fishing tool, with medium-fast action and progressive feel, great for close and medium range and with enough power for longer casts when needed. Also, this lenght and weight is a must in the trout fisherman's arsenal. And to make it even more special, a very elegant leather tube was a must to complete the package.
Thankx for looking!A

Blank:Five Rivers Signature V Finesse
Action/Taper: Medium Fast/Progressive
Guides:Light wire snake guides/Classic chrome stripping guide
Wraps: Gossamer Silk
Reel seat: Lemke uplocking nickel silver
Handle:Flor grade cork/Western-cigar shape
Hook keeper: Snake Brand
Rod price:500$ (leather tube included) SOLD.

Czeck Nymph stick for "flyfishing"?

A very long debate for the well known issue, the "czeck nymphing" style, allthough not considered flyfishing by many, inclusing myself, continues to catch both fisherman and fish..customers ask me to build these long-light rods for the allready mentioned style of fishing with heavy nymphs, as they offer great control and contact with the flies when fishing those fast flowing rivers..
Here is another very light 10'4" 3pcs. 3wt. (this is a custom blank, also a 2wt. available) rod build for a "nympho" fisherman..some very light components, sweet handle with subtle accents and thread color for a nice contrast with the blank..on this build, I used a classic metal stripping guide that looks pretty cool and is very functionable without the high price tag..enjoy the pics and thank you for your comments!

George

9'6" 4 weight..

Here is a very very special build for a special folk that wants his first fly rod to be one that's very unique both in appearance and performance..right from the start, he will learn flyfishing on a fine tool, a one of a kind, that he is going to use for years to come...wish I had a rod like this one when I started..enjoy the pics and thanks for your comments!

Blank: Five Rivers Signature V (beautiful gloss gray color)
Action/Taper: Moderate fast/Progressive
Guides: Light wire snakes
Reel seat: U20 Struble Nickle Silver/custom stabilized exotic wood insert (not available at Struble)
Wraps: Gossamer silk
Handle: Custom high grade cork grip with burnt cork trim accents
and rubberized ends
Rod price: 450$ (custom extra tip for this one)

Thankx for looking!