Hallowell Fly Rods

04/09/2026

A couple 7'6 5wts. One mortise butt with curly koa and the other with a amboyna seat

02/24/2026

A nice whiskey for rod building

02/15/2026

02/15/2026

Pretty cool picture of a Bloodwood mortise butt rod with it first fish! From a friend Pico van Houtryve

08/22/2025

Just finished these Mortised butt rods up, 8' 5wt with bloodwood and a slightly softer 7'11 5wt birdseye maple with a blackwood insert.

02/25/2025

7'6 5wt mortise butt with a cocobolo grip. Pretty happy with this rod!

01/25/2025

A different take then the first mortised butt I did for the reel seat. This one is bloodwood. I thought using a blued check will look good when I build it out with blood red wraps and black trim bands. Need more finish on the grip and make some tips for these 8' 5wts

12/18/2024

8' 4wt quad, cinnamon toned with a stained birdseye maple insert

11/13/2024

The start of a couple quads and a messy work bench

09/03/2024

This is an 8'1 3pc 3wt just finished in time for the Catskills rodmakers gathering Demerest challenge. Rod had to come in under 3oz. I severely hollowed the rod and the ferruled blank came in at 2.01oz. I was lucky in that I didn't have to make any changes in grip or seat from my normal builds to make weight. Finshed 8'1 3pc rod is 2.84oz

08/19/2024

Great show and casting tournament at the Keystone classic Fly fishing Festival this weekend. Mike McFarland took the gold, Derek Eberly won silver (he also won the Hardy cup this year and I lucked into bronze in the open division. Both Derek and Mike used a McFarland 9'5wt Hybrid. I was the only caster representing bamboo, I used my 8' 5wt. All others that competed used a graphite 9' 5wt of various makes.