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Originally Posted by BungMan
As Kelly Galloup stated in the video, custom rods are full value for their high prices due to their uniqueness and the quality of the craftmanship. They can be considered works of art.
While your hourly wage may be low, what value do you place on the enjoyment and pride you get from designing and crafting your rods? I think it is very high. As well it should be.
Similarly, people that purchase your custom rods take great pride in owning and fishing them.
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Certainly designing and manufacturing fly rods is neat. The best parts are the joy of the customer or the money that has been raised bu donating those rods to TU for fund raising.
Plus I get to fish them.
My first Fiberglas rod was built in 1969 with a single 8 1/2*11” instruction sheet and four hours of effort. Bought the parts Friday and fished the Oldman River Sunday with the rod.
Don