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Deeter: Name Your Fly Rod, Win a Prize
By Kirk Deeter
One other thing I learned about our friend Andrew Metzger (Koldkut) when we went fishing the other day, is that he is quite the artisan rod builder. That's something I must admit I know very little about. But I would like to build my own rod one day. I can only imagine how great it would feel to hook a big trout on a fly I tied, cast from a rod I built.
Another benefit of building a rod is that you get to give it a name. Davy Crockett named his bear rifle "Old Betsy." The Roy Hobbs character in "The Natural" had his famous "Wonderboy" bat. And Andrew has this rod dubbed "NeverSkunkt." I think that's a pretty fine name for a fly rod.
Who has the ultimate name for their weapon of choice fly rod? Tell you what... best fly rod name wins a copy of "The Little Red Book of Fly Fishing."
Deeter
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Comments (73)
cherry picker
The Polee of Polies
Years ago I had an ultralight that I named "Killall" from Stephen Vincent Benet's "The Devil and Daniel Webster"
BTW, that's my very first rod build ever(completed in July 2009), the epoxy work and rod writing have advanced a lot since then.
I have a rod I call the "Magic Wand". It's a 10ft 6wt I purchased for kayak/bellyboat/steelhead fishing. It's a cheap little rod but it pulls in the fish.
Here is the one that Koldkut and I put on mine - thanks to my daughter and my wife for saying this each time we go out - "Here Fishy Fishy"
"Old Faithful" I have had this Rod for 5 years it broke twice I have repaired it : and it continues to catch the big ones
Loopy
Lucky
Zipper
Buffy The Trout Slayer
Three strikes and you're trout
Troutcast
The wife,
She points out my flaws constantly though I'd be hopeless without her.
Red Dawn
Though fat redneck in the marsh is quite a different story line and there are no communist after me, I don't think.
Geronimo!
The Big Mother
Fly By
The One that Floated
doubled over
fish on
Very simply... "George"
Named after my godfather and mentor. The man who showed me a lifetime of enjoyment by introducing me to fishing. May he rest in peace.
"My Bare Hands."
It helps with fish stories. I caught six steelhead this weekend with My Bare Hands. Did I ever tell you about the time I landed a tarpon with My Bare Hands? etc.
Divorce waiting to happen
Or
****ING TROUT! GRAB THE ****ING FLY YOU ****ER!!!
Wesley Pipes and Billy Bong Thornton...oh wait thats something else.
i actually dubbed my new S4 Lazy Lightning...it's so smooth and effortless a baby could cast it, yet shoots ur line out like your Lefty Kreh on steroids double hauling.
The Extractor
My Fly rod and reel are the White River 270. I have givin it the name "Trout Whip".
hog call
"Rippin lips"
Lightning Rod, cause my wife swears to god I'm gonna get struck one day for all the times I get off the lake 2 Hours after I'm supposed to be home.
I built a 9ft 8wt fly rod with a long cork handle with sliding rings so I could use it as a fly rod or a spinning rod. I built it mostly for susquehanna smallies I call it my river rod.
"The Rod of Lordly Might" - lol... was a Dungeons and Dragons weapon I heard of once :)
I'd call mine "work" couple reasons, i can always say im going to work. its a good reminder when your having a bad day fishing its still better to be fishing.. Lastly i "do work" with a fly rod.
Abbner's next flyrod is going to be called "The Skunk" and it'll have a white stripe down the back of a charcoal black blank. Even on a bad day he'll be able to say he whipped the skunk....
Kiss My Oncorhynchus
my grandfather pasted his old fly rod down to me and its name is the "steelhead stalker".
The Judge
Lord of the Flies
Brizo
The Doctor
My Office
Two Beers
Amigo
TroutBuster
Johnny Holmes (My 10' zaxis 4wt)
Titanic
Tsunami
widowmaker
I won't bore you but the list goes on...and on...and....
The Other Woman
Pretty Fly for a "Rabbi", Weird Al fan
Rodney
I rescind mine. I realized I only thought of it because of having recently read "A River Why." Still a good name for a rod though.
"Tehmuga Wacipi"(day-ghmue-gh-ah wah-chee-pee)
Translation - "Dances with Flies"
I've got a black 5 wt. with white wraps that I call named "Guinness Trout". Always gets a kick from the Guinness drinkers on the stream.
LUNKERBUSTER
The Situation
MR.STRESS RELIEVER
my nine ft five weight is the only one ive ever named..i call it the " the priest" ....sometimes its forgives me and sometimes it forgives the fish
C&R
Early Morning Meeting
It's the "catch-all" excuse I always use to get out on the water...
TroutBoy
Evening Hatch
F-117 stealth fisher
Hope
... Hemmingway >))):>
Frybite
Surgeon
Whipstick
These are actually the name of my fly rods...
Wow, wai, you took Koldkut, I want to go fishing too...
i have a 9 weight zebco hi tech graphite that i use for steelhead that i ve christened""the bootbeater""as i also use it for those chinnies that invade our rivers each fall,it handles em very well teamed up with an old martin ''72''fly reel spooled up with floating line and a stout pc of fluoro carbon leader [THATS 8LB TEST].....hence the BOOTBEATER........TIGHT LINES PEOPLE!!!
"Fly away", "Let her Fly" and "Beulah"(my heavy-weight saltwater fly).
the big bang.
Nymphomaniac
miracle worker
tightliner
"The Brim Reaper"
Just as fiberglas was going out of fashion, I bought a discounted, 9' 9-10 2 piece fly rod blank. I spent more than that on the reel seat. The handle corks are interspaced with 3/8" thick neoprene. When I squeeze, the handle deforms to my fingers. I call that rod: "MINE."
Yes, there is indescribable satisfaction to catch fish with that rod, with flies I tied. You gotta do this.
time FLIES when your fishing
The Fly Swatter
Prayer Warrior
I named mine...(back in a lil while babe).
i just call my 8'6 orvis graphite 6 wt " sting"
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"My Bare Hands."
It helps with fish stories. I caught six steelhead this weekend with My Bare Hands. Did I ever tell you about the time I landed a tarpon with My Bare Hands? etc.
cherry picker
The Big Mother
Fly By
Very simply... "George"
Named after my godfather and mentor. The man who showed me a lifetime of enjoyment by introducing me to fishing. May he rest in peace.
"Old Faithful" I have had this Rod for 5 years it broke twice I have repaired it : and it continues to catch the big ones
doubled over
The Extractor
My Fly rod and reel are the White River 270. I have givin it the name "Trout Whip".
my grandfather pasted his old fly rod down to me and its name is the "steelhead stalker".
Lord of the Flies
The Doctor
My Office
Two Beers
Amigo
TroutBuster
Johnny Holmes (My 10' zaxis 4wt)
Titanic
Tsunami
widowmaker
I won't bore you but the list goes on...and on...and....
Rodney
Wow, wai, you took Koldkut, I want to go fishing too...
the big bang.
The Fly Swatter
The Polee of Polies
Years ago I had an ultralight that I named "Killall" from Stephen Vincent Benet's "The Devil and Daniel Webster"
BTW, that's my very first rod build ever(completed in July 2009), the epoxy work and rod writing have advanced a lot since then.
I have a rod I call the "Magic Wand". It's a 10ft 6wt I purchased for kayak/bellyboat/steelhead fishing. It's a cheap little rod but it pulls in the fish.
Here is the one that Koldkut and I put on mine - thanks to my daughter and my wife for saying this each time we go out - "Here Fishy Fishy"
Loopy
Lucky
Buffy The Trout Slayer
Three strikes and you're trout
Troutcast
The wife,
She points out my flaws constantly though I'd be hopeless without her.
Red Dawn
Though fat redneck in the marsh is quite a different story line and there are no communist after me, I don't think.
Geronimo!
The One that Floated
fish on
Divorce waiting to happen
Or
****ING TROUT! GRAB THE ****ING FLY YOU ****ER!!!
Wesley Pipes and Billy Bong Thornton...oh wait thats something else.
i actually dubbed my new S4 Lazy Lightning...it's so smooth and effortless a baby could cast it, yet shoots ur line out like your Lefty Kreh on steroids double hauling.
hog call
"Rippin lips"
Lightning Rod, cause my wife swears to god I'm gonna get struck one day for all the times I get off the lake 2 Hours after I'm supposed to be home.
I built a 9ft 8wt fly rod with a long cork handle with sliding rings so I could use it as a fly rod or a spinning rod. I built it mostly for susquehanna smallies I call it my river rod.
"The Rod of Lordly Might" - lol... was a Dungeons and Dragons weapon I heard of once :)
I'd call mine "work" couple reasons, i can always say im going to work. its a good reminder when your having a bad day fishing its still better to be fishing.. Lastly i "do work" with a fly rod.
Abbner's next flyrod is going to be called "The Skunk" and it'll have a white stripe down the back of a charcoal black blank. Even on a bad day he'll be able to say he whipped the skunk....
Kiss My Oncorhynchus
The Judge
Brizo
The Other Woman
Pretty Fly for a "Rabbi", Weird Al fan
I rescind mine. I realized I only thought of it because of having recently read "A River Why." Still a good name for a rod though.
"Tehmuga Wacipi"(day-ghmue-gh-ah wah-chee-pee)
Translation - "Dances with Flies"
I've got a black 5 wt. with white wraps that I call named "Guinness Trout". Always gets a kick from the Guinness drinkers on the stream.
LUNKERBUSTER
The Situation
MR.STRESS RELIEVER
my nine ft five weight is the only one ive ever named..i call it the " the priest" ....sometimes its forgives me and sometimes it forgives the fish
C&R
Early Morning Meeting
It's the "catch-all" excuse I always use to get out on the water...
TroutBoy
Evening Hatch
F-117 stealth fisher
Hope
... Hemmingway >))):>
Frybite
Surgeon
Whipstick
These are actually the name of my fly rods...
i have a 9 weight zebco hi tech graphite that i use for steelhead that i ve christened""the bootbeater""as i also use it for those chinnies that invade our rivers each fall,it handles em very well teamed up with an old martin ''72''fly reel spooled up with floating line and a stout pc of fluoro carbon leader [THATS 8LB TEST].....hence the BOOTBEATER........TIGHT LINES PEOPLE!!!
"Fly away", "Let her Fly" and "Beulah"(my heavy-weight saltwater fly).
Nymphomaniac
miracle worker
tightliner
"The Brim Reaper"
Just as fiberglas was going out of fashion, I bought a discounted, 9' 9-10 2 piece fly rod blank. I spent more than that on the reel seat. The handle corks are interspaced with 3/8" thick neoprene. When I squeeze, the handle deforms to my fingers. I call that rod: "MINE."
Yes, there is indescribable satisfaction to catch fish with that rod, with flies I tied. You gotta do this.
time FLIES when your fishing
Prayer Warrior
I named mine...(back in a lil while babe).
i just call my 8'6 orvis graphite 6 wt " sting"
Zipper
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