FRom a start of tieing flys for my Junior high school P.E. Teacher (early 1970' s Also restored my first bamboo in 1973) to tieing for A.K.Best in the early 1980's to working in fly shops and Guiding in the Gunnison with stops along the way as the Head of production for Whiting Farms in the early 1990's to Working as a foundryman at Lands end Sculpture center making Bronze statuary under some of the finest wildlife sculptors in the country to working as the Corksmith at SCOTT rods in the late 1990's has lead me to Building Mortised High performance bamboo fly rods under the name of Gnomish Rod Works since 2000.
I also spend 6 weeks every spring as the Instuctor of the Advanced Fly Fishing Guide program at Colorado Mountain Collage. Timberline Campus, Leadville.

My goal is to build useable pieces of angling art that function at as high a level as possible. I also specialise in one of a kind formfit cases for each rod as I feel a bamboo rod is too beautiful to just stuff in an old aluminum tube.

If interested in a rod or a bronze or any of my angling art please contact me at
gnomishrodworks@tds.net

970 527 3406

Thanks

Jeff

RodMaker ,Author ,Artist,
Collage Professor instructing the Advanced section of "The professional Fly Fishing Guide Course" @ The Timberline Campus of Colorado Mountain Collage Leadville, Co.

Cleaning out the corners of the cave and found the following that need new homes;

A 9' Heddon #10 Blue waters 2f ferrule
in excellent condition with original bag and tube $250.00 plus shipping and insurance 
call if interested . pictures avaliable upon request.


A SCOTT 25th anniversary Limited edition 9' 4wt with all original paperwork (catalog from that year and original unmarked warranty card)and including the very rare factory production tag  and the factory invoice of the rod to me.
Rod is signed to J.L. Hatton Corksmith   and is serial number 99 of a series that starts at 101 and goes on from there.
This is the only 25th ann. rod that has a grip made of 1/8th inch cork rings.
A mint never cast example of a truly rare rod
$750.00 plus shipping and insurance.