MEMBER SPOTLIGHT
- BD Ehler -
BD Ehler is a retired
Pharmacist who started fly fishing in the 50's. He learned to tie flies
and began to repair his own rods. He built his first rod from a kit in
the 60's, became interested in creative rod work and joined RodCrafters
in 1974. He met Dale Clemens and others who were developing creative
concepts in custom rod building at National seminars. Thread art was
limited at the time and caught his interest. He developed numerous
patterns of crosswraps and contributed many of them to Custom Rod
Thread Art, published by Dale Clemens. He is also well known for
sharing his experience with other rod builders and continuing to teach
others to build custom rods. He says that the best part of custom rod
building is the friends that he has made over the years. Almost every
rod builder has referred to Custom Rod Thread Art at one time or
another. Without unselfish builders like BD, custom rod builders would
not have such great resources available to them.
