The Drift - Fly Fishing, Fly Casting and Fly Rod Building

Join our Epic Fly Rod Building Kit Forum on Facebook here. This group is specifically for building Epic Ready To Wrap Fly Rod Kits - Please note: it is not a general fly rod building group

If you haven't seen it already, make sure you check out our full Epic 590G Rod Building Series on our Blog. In this video, Pierre shows you the steps of building the Epic Fly Rod quickly, just so you know how easy it is to do.

We will be attaching the snake guides, the line guides and the decals onto the rod and finishing the entire build. After you follow the steps in this video, you'll be ready to ship your rod! Pierre will walk you through every step so that you can follow along at home.

How to Build Your Own Epic Rod Part 2 

This is part 2 of the Epic 590G 5wt Graphene Fly Rod Building Series and in this video, we're finally going to start building the rod!

To get started, we're going to attach the handle, reel seat, and butt cap to the butt section of this rod.

If you’ve ever tied your own flies, you’ll know the satisfaction it gives you when you catch a fish on your own creation. Well, why not take this feeling to the next level by building your own fly rod?

In this video, Pierre finally takes the Epic 590G 5-Weight Graphene Fly Rod out for a spin on his local waters. He tests the rod with multiple rigs and different fishing scenarios to bring you the most in-depth fly rod review possible.  

“Fly fishing isn’t about catching the most fish. If it was, none of us would be fly fishers to begin with. It’s about catching fish on your own terms. Spey tackle offers a different perspective on traditional trout fishing. It challenges you to come up with new solutions to old problems. Spey has become the means of targeting trout that I not only find the most rewarding, but also the most interesting.”
- Whitney Gould, Spey Tackle and Techniques For Montana Trout, Fly Fisherman Magazine, April 2020

A great method to help get good drag free drifts is to introduce some slack during the cast. There are many slack line casts but the Reach Mend is the most simple, if you tend to present your fly side on and at an angle to your fish  - (and I suggest you do) then you’ll want to use this cast pretty much every time you throw a fly

Add 10 feet to your fly cast - pronto! Somewhere along the line who hasn’t wanted to cast just a little further.  While this isn’t intended to be a lesson on all out distance casting