Bench-made flyfishing reels and custom leather goods
with Matt Zinkgraf

Thursday, April 10, 7 p.m.

Matt Zinkgraf is a Biology Professor, avid fisherman and hobby machinist. In his free time, Matt produces bench-made fly fishing reels and custom leather goods. Matt’s presentation will explore how he got into making fishing reels and his passion to preserve a dwindling art.

The Zinkgraf reels are about as close as you can get to hand built and he tries to preserve the art of bench made reels that started with Hardy, Vom Hofe, and Bogden.

See more of Matt’s work on his Instagram.