You know your a rodbuilder when...

You read the interview with Dale Clemens more then 2 times
You consider moving within driving distance to Mudhole
You have way more thread than your wife
You check rodbuilding.org more than 5 times a day
You have a picture of every rod you've made but not of everyone in the family!
You get up a 3am (without an alarm clock) to see if the highbuild is still tacky
You think A large dia butt is OK
You have a spine finder and know how to use it.
You buy contact cement in bulk

How about this one........

You know your a rodbuilder, when you realize you have gotten epoxy in your hair !! LOL !!

ML

You'd rather build than fish. (Not there, yet.)

Every piece of clothing and every flat surface in the house has some sort of glue residue on it.
You have more razor blades than a powder cocaine addict.
You actually like going to Walmart, just to get to the craft section.
You have more PVC pipe than a plumber.

You hang around in craft/hobby stores just to see what you can find for your next project.

Regards......Doug@
TCRds

You no longer mind going to the fabric stores with your wife, then you disappear in the thread section,

Geeez I've got the disease. Is there any Cure? This is worth saving.

You know you're a rodbuilder when your wife starts inquiring as to "What type of guides are you going to use on this rod...single foots or doubles?" or she can adequately explain the differen between different styles of blanks without ever having picked up one of them....scary.


Andy Dear
Lamar Manf.

You buy your wife a sewing machine for Christmas along with an order for a dozen rod bags.

You know you're a Rod-Builder when...

... Rod-building becomes a metaphor for life.
... Rod-building becomes the staff of life.
... Rod-building becomes your bread & butter.
... You can remember a rod blank's model number & specs,
but not your baby doll's birthday.
... You're thinking about weaving a bumper sticker that says:
"Work is for people who don't know how to build fishing rods."
... Now you get paid for what you used to do for free.
(If you are a professional, you already know you are a Rod-Builder !)
... You're looking forward to retirement
so you have more time for rod-building.
... You spend more time on rod-building
than on what you're supposed to be doing.

And, on that note, I'm out of here !! -Cliff Hall, Gainesville, Florida-

...your son is only 2 years old, and you've already built him 2 fly rods
:P

RB

Great Thread!!!!

When you take a day off from work to stay home and build rods.

You buy a new BBQ mop brush just because it has a really cool wood handle that would be perfect for an ultralight.

You've ever been in the grocery store and stared at a package of ox tails thinking "they look a lot like cork rings.. I wonder if I could...."

The ladies at the sewing shop no longer give you a second look when you show up with some blanks in hand, grab some thread and walk outside to see how they look in the sun.

The first thing you do with your newly delivered Outdoor Life or Field & Stream is skim through it looking for a good fish pic for a weave pattern.

You've bought more jewelry for rods than you have for the wife.

You begin to find the fumes of permagloss rather pleasing and comforting.

You run out of Pledge and only then realize that you never once used it on furniture.

You've ever sliced up an EVA grip to make new washers for the leaky sink faucet rather than waste time running to Sears. (works great)

Your butt hurts after two hours of sitting through a Hugh Grant movie, yet you find that weaving for 12 straight hours in the same chair is very therapeutic.

You seriously consider stealing your friends' baby's crib because the slats have some nice figure and would make great reel seat inserts.

When every pair of jeans you own has epoxy on them.
When you go to work and the bottom of your boots are covered with tape and thread.
When the wife complains because the vacuum cleaner breaks due to thread caught up in the "twisty thing".
When theres a rubber butt cap rolling around on the floor of the truck.

When you Plan Vacations so you are Near a Supplier

When you stop and grab rods out of the trash on the curb

When your Living room looks like a Tackle shop

You might be a rodbuilder...if you buy rubbing alcohol from your local drug store...by the CASE !


You might be a rodbuilder... If you shop for alcohol...on @#$%&..



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.....you are out to dinner at a nice restaurant and order based on the quality of the cork, not the wine itself.

Your a rod builder if you can't sleep at night due to the colours and patterns running around your head.

Your 3 year old has a spiral wrapped snoopy rod
Your tomatoe stakes have a taper to them