11-16-2009, 04:43 AM
Thought I should say a little about the club.
The Texas Rod Builders was founded in early 2008 by a few guys trying to promote the craft of custom rod building through sharing similar to the old and long defunct "RodCrafters". One of the founders "Pat Helton" knew of another group (name escapes me now) who were providing fishing trips to wounded and returning Veterans so he built a custom rod for there cause and that blossomed into a complete program funded by the club's members. One of the local businesses "Fishing Tackle Unlimited" (FTU) caught wind of this and has become a valuable sponsor providing blanks & materials when they can.
A few other companys have also provided some assistance and are listed on the "Friends of TRB" page of our website.
Nov.11th is just one day a year and we feel like others that our Veterans (especially the wounded) deserve far more than just one day of recognition. We custom rod builders do what we do best and that's building rods of course.
We also have given a few "special rods" to Police Officers and Firemen who were injured on the job and could not return to duty.
Although the club is based in and around the Houston Texas area we have "Honorary Members" (like myself) all across the country and Australia. I happen to be in Sacramento, CA and my Dad is in Rupert, ID not far from the Utah border.
We are also active in other areas like cleaning up our water ways and community meetings having to do with our fisheries.
Thank You,
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The Texas Rod Builders was founded in early 2008 by a few guys trying to promote the craft of custom rod building through sharing similar to the old and long defunct "RodCrafters". One of the founders "Pat Helton" knew of another group (name escapes me now) who were providing fishing trips to wounded and returning Veterans so he built a custom rod for there cause and that blossomed into a complete program funded by the club's members. One of the local businesses "Fishing Tackle Unlimited" (FTU) caught wind of this and has become a valuable sponsor providing blanks & materials when they can.
A few other companys have also provided some assistance and are listed on the "Friends of TRB" page of our website.
Nov.11th is just one day a year and we feel like others that our Veterans (especially the wounded) deserve far more than just one day of recognition. We custom rod builders do what we do best and that's building rods of course.
We also have given a few "special rods" to Police Officers and Firemen who were injured on the job and could not return to duty.
Although the club is based in and around the Houston Texas area we have "Honorary Members" (like myself) all across the country and Australia. I happen to be in Sacramento, CA and my Dad is in Rupert, ID not far from the Utah border.
We are also active in other areas like cleaning up our water ways and community meetings having to do with our fisheries.
Thank You,
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