homemade wooden fishing rod = success!

[outdoors forever]

So my dad loves woodworking and builds all kinds of things. He had an idea to build a fishing rod entirely out of wood - no nails, screws, or metal or plastic at all. Everything is held together by wooden pins. The only thing that is not wood is the fishing line, of course!

Pretty cool idea really, but would it work??

Well he came out to the cabins this weekend to try it out. 15 minutes after dropping a jig down, bam - fish on!!

And he landed a walleye on his homemade wooden fishing rod. Pretty neat







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[Claymaker]

That's super cool! Nice fish too!

[58thecat]

Now you got to name it!

[AdverseCity]

Nicely done, that's a fine hobby to have. Is the rod just one piece of wood or multiple pieces held together like a split bamboo fly rod?

[35 whelen]

NICE, does the line run through rod cant tell from pictures . see it now

[waterninja]

Very neat little project. I can tell your dad is old school just from the extension cord in that first pic.

[cschache]

Originally Posted by waterninja

Very neat little project. I can tell your dad is old school just from the extension cord in that first pic.

HAHAHA!!!! awesome!! what did he use for the rod part, willow or just a thicker branch?

[outdoors forever]

Originally Posted by AdverseCity

Nicely done, that's a fine hobby to have. Is the rod just one piece of wood or multiple pieces held together like a split bamboo fly rod?

Its multiple pieces all held together by tiny dowels and wooden pins. All moving parts work pretty nice.

And to, cschache - yes the shaft part of the rod is willow, I believe everything else is made out of cedar. There is a tine hole bored in the end of the shaft to allow the line through.

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[Brandonkop]

Nice piece of work. Always fun catching fish on something you've made.

[old dog]

Beautiful workmanship