Hi.I would like to ask you how I can became a certified rod builder.

There is no governing body for custom rod building and therefore no such thing as a "certified" rod builder.

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OK.Thank you Tom

A lot of us are certifiably insane but there is nothing you can actually frame and put on the wall.

Doesn't North Fork Composites have a program wherein a builder can submit a finished rod (built on a North Fork blank, of course), and North Fork will make a determination as to whether the rod meets their standards of what a well-built custom rod should be? The rod, if I'm remembering this correctly, does not necessarily need to be a work of art, but does need to meet standards in terms of components used, and how the rod is put together (where the guides are sized and placed, how the guides are wrapped, how the handle is put together, etc.).

This isn't free, of course -- the finished rod, if I'm remembering this correctly, becomes property of NFC. But if this program still exists, and you're looking for some kind of Official Certificate for Being A Real, Honest-to-Goodness Custom Rod Builder, this might be just the ticket, because a seal of approval from NFC is about as good an endorsement as you'll get in the fishing world. It might be worth checking with them to see if this thing is still available.

The NFC program was directly aimed at builders wishing to be included on the North Fork approved/recommended rod builder list. It wasn't an across the board certification program at large.

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When I build a rod and it functions the way it is supposed to and the person is happy and catches a lot of fish with it, that's all the 'certification' I need.

GEE
I thought we were all Certified Rod-builders ???

Bill - willierods.com

You could try dropping Doc Ski (James Labanowski) an email. I think he's involved in some sort of certification process.

So am I. Send me $100 and I will mail you a certificate stating that I have certified you as a custom rod builder :)

Wow what a deal
Check- money order or PayPal -LOL

Bill - willierods.com

Bill
That's certifiable. There is a difference.