Posted on April 23 2013
Over the past summer Ben Hohnke of Hohnke Hooks spent some time in the shop building up a his first glass fly rod on a CTS Quartz four weight blank and sent a few photos and a video from the first trips out for Australian skinny water carp for the T.F.M. Spotting Photo Contest.
Ben wrote... "I have always been a person that loves to make things with my hands. From a young age I always spent time in the shed making anything and everything. I'm currently halfway through and apprenticeship in metal fabrication.
Of course when you are somewhat of a craftsman by nature and a flyfisher man at soul the two worlds collide and you start to make things. It starts with flies in my case, then I made a fly reel, and finally a fly rod. I have fly rods so if I were to make one it had to be special. That's when I discovered T.F.M. and my rod building journey began.
I purpose built this fly rod using a four weight 7'6" CTS quartz blank for ultra gentle presentations on the skinny water close to home where the carp are ultra spooky."
Check out the video. That's a lot of carp for a four weight.
Check out the Hohnke Hooks website for more fly fishing adventures and original flies from Ben's vise as well.
Ben wrote... "I have always been a person that loves to make things with my hands. From a young age I always spent time in the shed making anything and everything. I'm currently halfway through and apprenticeship in metal fabrication.
Of course when you are somewhat of a craftsman by nature and a flyfisher man at soul the two worlds collide and you start to make things. It starts with flies in my case, then I made a fly reel, and finally a fly rod. I have fly rods so if I were to make one it had to be special. That's when I discovered T.F.M. and my rod building journey began.
I purpose built this fly rod using a four weight 7'6" CTS quartz blank for ultra gentle presentations on the skinny water close to home where the carp are ultra spooky."
Check out the video. That's a lot of carp for a four weight.
Check out the Hohnke Hooks website for more fly fishing adventures and original flies from Ben's vise as well.
