Ron Larsen

Ok, I'll bite. I'm a retired electrical engineer. After
college and eight years in the Submarine Service I went to
work for a small machine tool company in Connecticut.
Thirty-two years later they made me an offer I couldn't
refuse. I retired at 58 and now I'm 66.

My dad started me in fly fishing in my teens, and I got
interested in rod building in 1973 after reading the
article about Hap Mills in The American Sportsman
Treasury, I said "hell, I can do that", little did I know.
My uncle in Ossining, NY gave me Everett Garrison's
address and we corresponded for several years. I finished
my first rod in '77, about the time of Garry's death.

In the years since, with blazing speed, I've managed to
finish 14 rods. I have as much fun building the tools to
go along with rodmaking. The twin granddaughters are now
six and their fly rods are next.

Ron Larsen
Vernon,Connecticut