Fly Rod Building

Last year at one of our regular "How do we make these better" chats (we dont have any meetings around here) - Trev suggested we take a closer look at the new Fuji Torzite stripping guides - I have to admit to being a little sceptical, to date we'd been using a very good titanium stripping guide produced by Alps. They're top notch.....

"The rod built to tame serious beasts! The 12 weight Boca Grande from Epic.This one did not come in a kit but its a studio built beauty!"

Perhaps that’s too literal an interpretation, but the whole fly rod and reel balance exercise is actually pretty pointless, after-all, when is the fly rod balanced? - standing in the carpark balanced on a finger with no line out?

Here Epic Ambassador Peter Fisher runs through building a fly rod using the Epic Ready to Wrap fly Rod Kit

First time rod builder or seasoned professional, our Epic Ready to Wrap™ Fly Rod Building Kits make building a quality fly rod simple. Each fly rod kit contains all the components, glues, rod finish and instructions you’ll need to build your own unique custom Epic fly rod.

A Fly Rod Building Kit - It's the gift that literally keeps on giving. One of our superb Ready To Wrap Fly Rod Kits is the perfect gift for the fly angler that has just about everything (which of course might be you) Kits for Christmas - Fly Rod Kit Giveaway!

The New Epic battery operated fly rod turner and drying motor. Makes drying and levelling epoxy wraps a breeze.  Produced exclusively for us by our friends at C&F Design.

Light, tough, and just bloody clever.

This set of tips are taken from the comprehensive build book included in all our Epic "Ready to Wrap Rod Kits"

A 12 weight rod should do a few things well. It needs to cast a 12 weight line. It needs to cast the size flies you would expect of a 12 weight - billfish flies, aerodynamic dogs like big crab flies, and oversized poppers and gurglers that generally look like seagulls ploughing into a stiff breeze. And it needs to pull hard on big fish. The Boca Grande does this very, very well.

Epic 686 Black Special Edition Fly Rod In early December we announced a small run of special edition black fly rods based on our ever popular Fastglass 686