My family's cottage at Deep Creek Lake in Maryland is where my obsession began. My father, my uncle, and I fished the lake every weekend. My passion for fishing has grown ever since.

My rod building started after a few trips to the Outer Banks. The locals had these "custom heavers" and could outcast any rod I owned! These guys could cast 100 plus yards; reaching the outer sand bars needed to catch the most spectacular Redfish. All I could do at that time was watch! I looked into buying my own heaver, but could not afford one. I returned home and started to research rod building. After purchasing Dale Clemens' rod building book and through trial and error, taught myself how to build rods. I built a few rods and my family and friends really liked my work. They put in their "requests" and started to building for them.

I've been building rods for approximately 12 years. My first were surf rods and quickly replaced all my factory built rods with customs. Starting with rod repairs and taking custom rod orders for a "high end" fly fishing shop in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, my customer base began to build quickly and business expanded. Because of my wide variety of fishing, I build rods for trolling, fly, noodle, float/centerpin, surf, spinning, casting and everything between.

My focus is on the quality of my work. I take great pride in the rods I build and pay great attention to detail. I enjoy building custom rods and feel privileged to be part of the Custom Rod Builders Guild.