Posted on February 05 2013
I have been a bit slow getting this out but recently Ben Casarez launched the Flat Creek Fly Rods website and along with adding a link to the Rod Shops page I also wanted to post up a few photos of his recent fiberglass builds as well.
Ben wrote... "While I build on both graphite and fiberglass blanks, my true passion is fiberglass. I had the good fortune of stumbling upon my first fiberglass fly rod while casting some recent builds in 2006 with fellow rod builders. It was a honey Lamiglas five weight and after casting it I knew I had found something special. My friend had an extra blank and was willing to sell it to me for $20. He didn’t think there was a market for them! I took it home and built up my first fiberglass fly rod. After fishing it and showing it to friends, others wanted to experience that soft, slow feeling while casting.
Since then I have built many glass rods on a variety of blanks such as Steffen, McFarland, Fisher, TFO, and have done a few re-builds on older Orvis blanks. Fishing with and building on a traditional, but often over-looked material, has been a great addition to my overall angling experience." 
Ben wrote... "While I build on both graphite and fiberglass blanks, my true passion is fiberglass. I had the good fortune of stumbling upon my first fiberglass fly rod while casting some recent builds in 2006 with fellow rod builders. It was a honey Lamiglas five weight and after casting it I knew I had found something special. My friend had an extra blank and was willing to sell it to me for $20. He didn’t think there was a market for them! I took it home and built up my first fiberglass fly rod. After fishing it and showing it to friends, others wanted to experience that soft, slow feeling while casting.
Check out the Flat Creek Fly Rods website for more information. Follow the latest shop news on the Facebook page too.
