Rolling River Anglers

Had another great night with the Vets in the PHW custom fly rod building class. One rod is done and several others are getting close. Now just to put the grip, and custom ingraved reel seats on for them! Have more pics and videos I will get up in the next few days. Really looking forward to watching them fish with their new rods!

Send out the custom 4wt for Jerimiah today. Hopefully he will get it next week and take it fishing! Just need to get a picture with it and him with the first fish on it!

As always send me your fishing stories and pics so we can get them up on the site.

Good fishing,

Matt

Headed to another rod building class tonight! Everyone is doing really well on their custom fly rods so far. A few of the guy have made real progress lately and will be finishing up their rods in the next week or two I think! It will be so fun to get everyone finished so we can take them out to catch fish! Hope every one is having good luck fishing. Someone needs to send in some fish stories and photos so we have proof that someone is actually fishing!!

 

Mailing out Jeremiahs rod in the next day I think. Hope he likes it! I know I wouldn't mind taking it out for a spin before I ship it!

Good Fishing!

Matt

Hey everyone! A friend of mine and I have been talking about fly fishing for carp this spring. We have a few ideas but I thought I would put it out there and see if anyone has any advice for us! Anyone that knows the Denver or Colorado areas would be great since that is where we are, but any carp advice would be appreciated. Also if anyone has been out lately and wants to share photos or stories of hot fishing in late Colorado winter post a comment so we can see whats going on!

I know there are some carp fisherman out there in the metro area because I have seen them from time to time. Hope some of them see this and respond!

Good Fishing

Matt

We had the second rod building class last Wednesday night. Everyone started to wrap guides on their fly rods. Most everyone managed to get at least one guide completed and several finished two! It was a great night of fun for everyone for sure. It will be a blast when they finish them and actually get out to cast and catch fish on them! Looking forward to this week and getting more completed on the rods. A big thanks to the Custom Rod Builders Guild for allowing us to borrow their rod building jigs for this project. The vets and volunteers greatly appreciate their generosity and they are working out great!

I have attached photos of some of the builders and a short slightly choppy video (first time using the camera!) so everyone can see how much fun they are having.

 

Good luck fishing!

I know I am starting to get the itch pretty bad. Have to finish some projects and hopefully be out on the water in the next few weeks!

Matt

Hey everyone!

Well had the last meeting to prep for the custom rod building class for the Project Healing Waters vets last night. We will begin the class next Wed with I think 4-5 people.  I will have to give an update after the first class. We got everything together and ready I hope! I have a lot of work to do this weekend getting everything prepped and ready but it will all be worth it. Have to get the custom cork glued up so I can get their handles made to! Will have to finish the other customers custom fly rod on Sunday so I can finish the prep work. Then I get to start on another custom bamboo fly rod restoration after that. It will be a busy next few weeks but I am looking forward to the work. It is always fun to finish fly rods up. Even though I am still fully involved with ski season right now I am really getting antsy to get out with a new fly rod and test out the waters! Just need the ice to come off a bit! Well good luck fishing to everyone that has been going out.

 

Matt

Well looks like I will put the finishing touches on the 5wt 4pc custom fly rod I have been working on. It is a nice piece. It should fish really well to! Didn't do much to fancy on this one. The customer wanted nice but not over the top. Used a regular cork grip, not the usual hand built custom corks I do. The thread wraps were nice with a little flair but again nothing to fancy. Should have the epoxy on this weekend with the inscription and hopefully get it in the mail next week. Then on to working on the Project Healing Waters rods that we will start building in a few weeks. Lots of prep work for those custom rods before the vets ever get to see them!

Hello Everyone!,

 

Welcome to Rolling River Anglers new blog site. Feel free to post any pertanent fishing or rod building information on here that you like!. I will be posting rod building information and any fishing information I get as the season progresses. This is here for everyone to share their experiences, plug a good fishing company if you want, and a place for everyone to chat about what we love.

In my case custom rod building (particularly fly rod building), and fishing is one of my many passions. I would love to chat with anyone who also shares in those passions and who knows, maybe we can set up some fishing trips!

I also work with Project Healing waters and have set up a rod building class for a few of the vets that will start soon. If anyone is interested in helping out or donating money or supplies it would all be greatly apprectiated!

 

Good luck fishing!

 

Matt