Mastering Rod Building
Hosted by Bill Falconer and Bill Faulkner · Bill Falconer
5.0from 64 ratings
- 93
- Episodes
- 10
- Transcribed
- 64
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2023
- First episode
- 736K
- YouTube views
About Mastering Rod Building
Discover the art and craft of rod building with host Bill Falconer. Get insider tips from experienced rod builders, industry insiders, and experienced anglers on building custom fishing rods with the latest trends. Learn how to match technique-specific fishing rods with different fishing conditions and how to maintain and repair them.
- Publisher
- Bill Falconer
- Category
- education · sports
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 15 Jun 2023
- Latest episode
- 29 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
10 of 93 episodes have a transcript.
29 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
FUJI New Products: Ways to Reduce Weight Within Your Rod Build
17 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Jim Crowley Outdoors: Why More Serious Anglers Are Building Their Own Fishing Rods
2 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Business of Rodbuilding - How To Price Custom Rods
Inside a recent episode
FUJI New Products: Ways to Reduce Weight Within Your Rod Build
Published 29 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] I mean, as a starting point, you would find someone like Gary Loomis, like a lot of really good designers saying weight is the enemy of performance, right? Lighter, faster, stronger. So let's talk about the physics and kind of the dynamic of it a little bit. Well, there's there's a caveat that weight lighter rod will say in general is a better rod for a lot of reasons we'll get into in a few minutes. […]
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Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Tom Kirkman
- Jim Crowley
- Bill Havens
- Andy Dear
- James "Doc Ski" Labanowski
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 736,248
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 35 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 29 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 76 / 100
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- Quality
- 85
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 77
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Who hosts Mastering Rod Building?
Bill Falconer and Bill Faulkner host the show. Published by Bill Falconer.
How often do new episodes come out?
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