Fly Rod Building

Pete's latest Epic build - Olive

Pete Emmel's hitting the straps with this latest build, this is the first we've seen in the new Olive. Love it!

"Basically three days start to finish.  What a beautiful stick.  This one may stay in my quiver"

Check out more pics on Pete's blog 

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