At BEAVERBUILT Custom Fly Rods I simply use the best fly rod blanks, reel seats, wood inserts, cork grips, guides, rod socks/tubes/cases that I can find from manufacturers all over the world. Each year at the industry trade shows I am constantly on the hunt seeking the best custom fly rod materials I can find…and the good news for YOU the customer is the technology keeps getting better and better!

Among other things, the primary elements of building your BEAVERBUILT Custom Fly Rod are attention to detail, quality materials, sequential order of assembly, and consistent handcrafted process for each fly rod. Every custom fly rod I’ve built over the last 30+ years has utilized these same principles.

The basic assembly process is: correctly mark the spline/spine on the blank, mark the modified guide spacing, ream the cork grip, shim the blank to receive the reel seat & cork grip, glue on the reel seat & cork grip aligned with the spline/spine, add optional pheasant feather inlay & write the personal inscription, wrap the guides, install the tip-top, apply & turn two thin coats of finish epoxy, cure for 48 hours…then deliver or mail to the Customer.