Fly Rod Building

George Minculete's "So Blue" 686 - Custom Built Fly Rod Fly Fishing

Made for Mr Peter Mulbjerg by rock star Epic Rod builder George Minculete of Tightloop Fly Rods. Look at those wraps - Wicked!  #Flyfishing # Epicflyrod

Epic Fiberglass fly rod blank review from Peter Emmel of Renaissance Rods USA

"Why does “Renaissance Rods” opt to build on “Epic” glass? Four words: Selection, Strength, Accuracy & Quality. When I was first approached by Carl about trying the new “Epic” fiberglass blanks...

Epic review from George Minculete -Tightloop Fly Rods

"When I first wiggled an Epic blank I just knew it will turn into an amazing rod. Shortly after the first rod was born I took it out on my local trout stream with a couple of friends to fish dry fl...

The Swedish Connection

These amazing pictures and gorgeous Epic build come courtesy of Christian Hörgren of Fine Tackle Sweden. Christian built this rod for a client a few weeks back, and I asked for some ...

Epic Fly Rod Components and the Dancing Reel Seat

Stoked to finally get our new "Epic Components" category up on the website, still a little fine-tuning to to - particularly on the video embeds (why does the Youtube embedded player suck so)

SPINING A FLY ROD - TO SPINE OR NOT TO SPINE

Fly rod blanks tend to naturally want to bed more in one direction that another. This is caused by an effect called the “Spine” and often there is more than one on a blank. The s...