Rods for Soldiers

Kyle Jud · Kyle Jud

Pat Helton is in charge of the Rods for Soldiers program. Pat is actively taking donations for RFS including money, blanks, components, and finished rods. This program is important, as it recognizes people who have made great sacrifices for our country and are very deserving of some relaxing time o...

Pat Helton · Pat Helton

I will be going to Ft. Drum, NewYork on June 20th to present two soldiers with rods. These two soldiers both received the Silver Star and a Purple Heart. One soldier lost his left leg. I will be going to Ft. Bragg, North Carolina July 6th to present one rod to a soldier that has lost both legs and is still on a...

Pat Helton · Pat Helton

If anyone would like to purchase raffle tickets for the rod to be given away by RFS at the TCRBS can log on to my Facebook page and click the give button to donate. The tickets are $5 each or % for $20. Thank you Pat

Terry Goode · Terry Goode

the pictures suck big time (must be the heat), ya the heat, right ! the guides look like there not coated but they all have 2 coats -- Edited by Terry Goode on Friday 12th of August 2011 11:28:17 AM -- Edited by Terry Goode on Friday 12th of August 2011 11:30:52 AM -- Edited by Terry Goode on Friday 12th of Aug...

Pat Helton · Pat Helton

The Freedom Isn't Free hunt will be shown on TV this week. The schedule is: 8-10-11 9:00 AM 8-11-11 1:30 PM 8-12-11 11:30 PM 8-13-11 7:00 PM On dish it is channel 396 on Direct TV it is channel 606 It is supposed to show all of the presentations, guest speakers, and the hunt. Pat

Pat Helton · Pat Helton

I talked to Debbie Brown at Decal Connection this morning. She is sending me two sheets of decals of our RFS logo to go on our donation rods. One sheet will be the soldier standing in front of the flag(my favorite) and the other will be the oval shaped logo with RFS on it. A big thank you to Decal Connection....

Pat Helton · Pat Helton

I have received quite a few request for rods in the last couple of weeks. I need to get at least 20 rods built for the requst I have now and I expect to get more request. I am proud that This program has become such a success but growth brings problems along with it. I have enough rods for the Washington Tuna Cl...

Pat Helton · Pat Helton

I will have a booth at the Freeport Fishing Fiesta next week on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. If anyone can help even for a few hours please give me a call at 979-418-9093. WE are going to raffle off another rod and it helps if we have two people working. Thank you. Pat

Pat Helton · Pat Helton

Here are pictures from the Freedom Isn't Free Hunt. I presented 8 rods to disabled veterans. They were supposed to fish as well as hunt but with the severe drought there was no fishable water. We were at a beautiful lodge in a very rugged part of the country. The BBQ and all the fixin's was great. The Almos...

Pat Helton · Pat Helton

Here are just a few rods that I will be presenting to wounded soldiers in the next few weeks. Pat

Pat Helton · Pat Helton

We will have a booth at the Freeport Fishing Fiesta. It starts June 30th and goes through July 3rd. We will be selling raffle tickets for a custom rod. If anyone can come and help please let me know. I will be setting up on Thursday, June 30th sometime in the afternoon. It shouldn't take long and I m,ay be ab...

Pat Helton · Pat Helton

I received three large boxes from Donnie Paul of Angler's Resource today. There are thousands of guides in these boxes. The three boxes weighed about 100 lbs. That's a lot of guides. There are a lot of them that we probably won't use but there are a lot of them that we will. I really appreciate Donnie Paul...

Greg Vella · Greg Vella

I donated several hundred dollars in custom JDM parts for RFS rods, and it has come to my attention that some of the parts have gone missing, or, God forbid, that the rods could not be built in the half a year that they have been in the builders possession. Should I send more parts, to get the job done?

Warren Lockett · Warren Lockett

I spoke with the owners wife of the company next door to my work. I told her about the Rods for Soldiers program and she was genuinely interested, even asked about how it was funded. She assured me that she would speak with her husband about the program and would be willing at the very least to display a...

Pat Helton · Pat Helton

I got another donation from John Blair today. I got about 30 more blanks, about 300 cork rings, flocking supplies including the stuff to pour your own foam, 2 more rod driers, a few more guides and about 20 or 25 DVDs on rodbuilding, weaving, marbling, feather inlays, thread inlays, crosswraps, and wo...

Warren Lockett · Warren Lockett

I need permission from the club to post a few pictures of rods on Get Bent to show everyone what you have been doing. Please pick a few of your favorites and I would be happy to share them with the community on Get Bent. One of my favorites is the camouflage rod, wow. They are all wonderful works. Pick a...

Warren Lockett · Warren Lockett

Can anyone please tell me the exact date when the first rod was awarded, and how many rods have been awarded since? Talking with Pat he mentioned 23 or 33 rods were built the first year and over 200+ the second year and the club is currently in its third year of builds. The bottom line for me is the date of...

Warren Lockett · Warren Lockett

Come up with the wording for a flyer to inform the public about the RFS program.Post the flyer in every fishing forum that can be found on the internet.There are a lot of them by the way hundreds if not thousands.Potential exposure is in the millions.Think of it as an advertising/media blitz, thats fr...

Warren Lockett · Warren Lockett

Create an official logo for RFS. From what little I have seen on the forum this type of thing might be right up Terry Goodes alley, wow what an artist. This is just an idea and might already exist and I am ignorant of the fact.

Warren Lockett · Warren Lockett

It was a pleasure speaking with you on the phone Pat, thanks for your ear. I will fill in a few blanks for the rest of you. I learned about RFS approximately 48 hours ago and I want to help. Its that simple. I am not a rod builder but I am a fisherman, I feel I can contribute by spreading the word about RFS....

Warren Lockett · Warren Lockett

When was the first rod built for RFS?Who built it?Who was it awarded to?How many rods have been awarded to date?Who were they awarded to?Who built them?Is there a web site promoting all rod presentations, all donations, all rod builders involved, all recipients, etc, etc.?Hopefully you can all se...

Pat Helton · Pat Helton

Tonight I went to Pearland to present a rod to Mr. Louis Miller. His son was killed in Falugah, in a mosque while protecting a news crew. Lcpl. Billy Miller was serving with the 1st Marine division. Father and son were very close and both enjoyed hunting and fishing together. I also met Billy's mother Su...

Pat Helton · Pat Helton

Today I received a very generous cash donatiopn from Mr. H. Bulkley of Topeka, Kansas. This will be a tremedous help to us. Things are really happening with the RFS program. We can be very proud of what we have accomplished. Thanks Pat

Pat Helton · Pat Helton

We have request for a lot of rods so I need some help. I need some 30 to 50 lb class rods and some spinning rods. Anyone that can help build these can contact me and I will send you all of the stuff to build them. I also have a requst from a Marines sister that wants a rod for her Father that is a Marine themed rod an...

Pat Helton · Pat Helton

http://cjonline.com/sports/outdoors/2011-03-26/outdoors-rods-honor-warriors-service

Terry Jones · Terry Jones

Pat Helton is going to be raffling off the Randy Search Twin RFS donation rods at the Houston Fishing Show. These rods are built on custom painted Pac Bay blanks with chrome turbo guides, blue inserts, blue grips, blue reelseats, and blue gimbals. These are 50 lb class rods. The workmanship and finis...

Pat Helton · Pat Helton

I have secured us a booth at the fishing show for our Rods For Soldiers program. It will be March 2nd thru 6th. I will need some help to man the booth. We will be selling raffle tickets for the two matching rods that was donated last year by Randy Search. There will be a lot of people coming through so maybe we...

Pat Helton · Pat Helton

I am posting some rods that will be going to the west coast for the tuna tournament in August. The first two were donated by Kerry Way of Fayetteville, Arkansas. I picture taking is terrible but his work is immaculate, I have never seen better detail work. The next two I built as you can see mine aren't qui...

Randy Search · Randy Search

Thought I had posted these but guess not. Pat will get 'em next month for his Feb shindig.

Pat Helton · Pat Helton

I met some of the greatest guys in the World today. These Warriors had the best attitudes, even in wheel chairs and missing legs they were very upbeat and very appreciative of the rods. Most everyone said they would go back if they could. I told one soldier that was missing a leg "Thank you for your...

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	STICKY: Donate to the Rods for Soldiers program (Preview) Pat Helton is in charge of the Rods for Soldiers program. Pat is actively taking donations for RFS including money, blanks, components, and finished rods. This program is important, as it recognizes people who have made great sacrifices for our country and are very deserving of some relaxing time o...	Kyle Jud	1	3488	Feb 9, 2010 by Pat Helton
	RFS Agenda (Preview) I will be going to Ft. Drum, NewYork on June 20th to present two soldiers with rods. These two soldiers both received the Silver Star and a Purple Heart. One soldier lost his left leg. I will be going to Ft. Bragg, North Carolina July 6th to present one rod to a soldier that has lost both legs and is still on a...	Pat Helton	0	3738	May 27, 2012 by Pat Helton
	RFS Raffle rod (Preview) If anyone would like to purchase raffle tickets for the rod to be given away by RFS at the TCRBS can log on to my Facebook page and click the give button to donate. The tickets are $5 each or % for $20. Thank you Pat	Pat Helton	1	2544	Dec 30, 2011 by Pat Helton
	RFS rod done (Preview) the pictures suck big time (must be the heat), ya the heat, right ! the guides look like there not coated but they all have 2 coats -- Edited by Terry Goode on Friday 12th of August 2011 11:28:17 AM -- Edited by Terry Goode on Friday 12th of August 2011 11:30:52 AM -- Edited by Terry Goode on Friday 12th of Aug...	Terry Goode	3	3224	Aug 13, 2011 by Paul Lindsey
	Freedom Isn't Free hunt TV schedule (Preview) The Freedom Isn't Free hunt will be shown on TV this week. The schedule is: 8-10-11 9:00 AM 8-11-11 1:30 PM 8-12-11 11:30 PM 8-13-11 7:00 PM On dish it is channel 396 on Direct TV it is channel 606 It is supposed to show all of the presentations, guest speakers, and the hunt. Pat	Pat Helton	0	2032	Aug 8, 2011 by Pat Helton
	Decal Connection (Preview) I talked to Debbie Brown at Decal Connection this morning. She is sending me two sheets of decals of our RFS logo to go on our donation rods. One sheet will be the soldier standing in front of the flag(my favorite) and the other will be the oval shaped logo with RFS on it. A big thank you to Decal Connection....	Pat Helton	5	2649	Jul 23, 2011 by Paul Lindsey
	need help (Preview) I have received quite a few request for rods in the last couple of weeks. I need to get at least 20 rods built for the requst I have now and I expect to get more request. I am proud that This program has become such a success but growth brings problems along with it. I have enough rods for the Washington Tuna Cl...	Pat Helton	1	2146	Jul 15, 2011 by Terry Goode
	Fishing Fiesta (Preview) I will have a booth at the Freeport Fishing Fiesta next week on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. If anyone can help even for a few hours please give me a call at 979-418-9093. WE are going to raffle off another rod and it helps if we have two people working. Thank you. Pat	Pat Helton	5	2348	Jul 3, 2011 by Pat Helton
	Freedom Isn't Free Hunt (Preview) Here are pictures from the Freedom Isn't Free Hunt. I presented 8 rods to disabled veterans. They were supposed to fish as well as hunt but with the severe drought there was no fishable water. We were at a beautiful lodge in a very rugged part of the country. The BBQ and all the fixin's was great. The Almos...	Pat Helton	0	2779	Jun 11, 2011 by Pat Helton
	RFS Rods (Preview) Here are just a few rods that I will be presenting to wounded soldiers in the next few weeks. Pat	Pat Helton	1	2171	Jun 4, 2011 by Rusty Byrley
	Freeport Fishing Fiesta (Preview) We will have a booth at the Freeport Fishing Fiesta. It starts June 30th and goes through July 3rd. We will be selling raffle tickets for a custom rod. If anyone can come and help please let me know. I will be setting up on Thursday, June 30th sometime in the afternoon. It shouldn't take long and I m,ay be ab...	Pat Helton	4	2235	May 23, 2011 by Pat Helton
	Angler's Resource donation (Preview) I received three large boxes from Donnie Paul of Angler's Resource today. There are thousands of guides in these boxes. The three boxes weighed about 100 lbs. That's a lot of guides. There are a lot of them that we probably won't use but there are a lot of them that we will. I really appreciate Donnie Paul...	Pat Helton	1	2170	May 20, 2011 by Doug Williams
	RFS rods gone missing? (Preview) I donated several hundred dollars in custom JDM parts for RFS rods, and it has come to my attention that some of the parts have gone missing, or, God forbid, that the rods could not be built in the half a year that they have been in the builders possession. Should I send more parts, to get the job done?	Greg Vella	4	2629	May 13, 2011 by Terry Goode
	Update on West Coast Representation of Rods for Soldiers (Preview) I spoke with the owners wife of the company next door to my work. I told her about the Rods for Soldiers program and she was genuinely interested, even asked about how it was funded. She assured me that she would speak with her husband about the program and would be willing at the very least to display a...	Warren Lockett	1	2015	May 4, 2011 by Doug Williams
	John Blair (Preview) I got another donation from John Blair today. I got about 30 more blanks, about 300 cork rings, flocking supplies including the stuff to pour your own foam, 2 more rod driers, a few more guides and about 20 or 25 DVDs on rodbuilding, weaving, marbling, feather inlays, thread inlays, crosswraps, and wo...	Pat Helton	0	2028	May 4, 2011 by Pat Helton
	Permission (Preview) I need permission from the club to post a few pictures of rods on Get Bent to show everyone what you have been doing. Please pick a few of your favorites and I would be happy to share them with the community on Get Bent. One of my favorites is the camouflage rod, wow. They are all wonderful works. Pick a...	Warren Lockett	0	2204	May 4, 2011 by Warren Lockett
	Information Needed (Preview) Can anyone please tell me the exact date when the first rod was awarded, and how many rods have been awarded since? Talking with Pat he mentioned 23 or 33 rods were built the first year and over 200+ the second year and the club is currently in its third year of builds. The bottom line for me is the date of...	Warren Lockett	3	2210	May 3, 2011 by Pat Helton
	RFS Idea #1 (Preview) Come up with the wording for a flyer to inform the public about the RFS program.Post the flyer in every fishing forum that can be found on the internet.There are a lot of them by the way hundreds if not thousands.Potential exposure is in the millions.Think of it as an advertising/media blitz, thats fr...	Warren Lockett	6	2384	Apr 30, 2011 by Terry Goode
	RFS Idea #2 (Preview) Create an official logo for RFS. From what little I have seen on the forum this type of thing might be right up Terry Goodes alley, wow what an artist. This is just an idea and might already exist and I am ignorant of the fact.	Warren Lockett	1	2231	Apr 28, 2011 by Pat Helton
	I have a few answers (Preview) It was a pleasure speaking with you on the phone Pat, thanks for your ear. I will fill in a few blanks for the rest of you. I learned about RFS approximately 48 hours ago and I want to help. Its that simple. I am not a rod builder but I am a fisherman, I feel I can contribute by spreading the word about RFS....	Warren Lockett	1	2200	Apr 28, 2011 by Pat Helton
	I have a few questions (Preview) When was the first rod built for RFS?Who built it?Who was it awarded to?How many rods have been awarded to date?Who were they awarded to?Who built them?Is there a web site promoting all rod presentations, all donations, all rod builders involved, all recipients, etc, etc.?Hopefully you can all se...	Warren Lockett	3	2350	Apr 28, 2011 by Terry Goode
	Rod presentation (Preview) Tonight I went to Pearland to present a rod to Mr. Louis Miller. His son was killed in Falugah, in a mosque while protecting a news crew. Lcpl. Billy Miller was serving with the 1st Marine division. Father and son were very close and both enjoyed hunting and fishing together. I also met Billy's mother Su...	Pat Helton	2	2311	Apr 24, 2011 by Terry Goode
	Donation (Preview) Today I received a very generous cash donatiopn from Mr. H. Bulkley of Topeka, Kansas. This will be a tremedous help to us. Things are really happening with the RFS program. We can be very proud of what we have accomplished. Thanks Pat	Pat Helton	2	2200	Apr 10, 2011 by Doug Williams
	Need a little help (Preview) We have request for a lot of rods so I need some help. I need some 30 to 50 lb class rods and some spinning rods. Anyone that can help build these can contact me and I will send you all of the stuff to build them. I also have a requst from a Marines sister that wants a rod for her Father that is a Marine themed rod an...	Pat Helton	9	2682	Mar 30, 2011 by Terry New
	Newspaper article (Preview) http://cjonline.com/sports/outdoors/2011-03-26/outdoors-rods-honor-warriors-service	Pat Helton	3	2421	Mar 29, 2011 by Pat Helton
	RFS Raffling Randy Search's Twin Donation Rods (Preview) Pat Helton is going to be raffling off the Randy Search Twin RFS donation rods at the Houston Fishing Show. These rods are built on custom painted Pac Bay blanks with chrome turbo guides, blue inserts, blue grips, blue reelseats, and blue gimbals. These are 50 lb class rods. The workmanship and finis...	Terry Jones	4	2281	Mar 6, 2011 by Terry Jones
	Houston Fishing Show at the GRB (Preview) I have secured us a booth at the fishing show for our Rods For Soldiers program. It will be March 2nd thru 6th. I will need some help to man the booth. We will be selling raffle tickets for the two matching rods that was donated last year by Randy Search. There will be a lot of people coming through so maybe we...	Pat Helton	6	2755	Feb 17, 2011 by Rusty Byrley
	Tuna rods (Preview) I am posting some rods that will be going to the west coast for the tuna tournament in August. The first two were donated by Kerry Way of Fayetteville, Arkansas. I picture taking is terrible but his work is immaculate, I have never seen better detail work. The next two I built as you can see mine aren't qui...	Pat Helton	4	2445	Jan 20, 2011 by Pat Helton
	A couple more rods for RFS (Preview) Thought I had posted these but guess not. Pat will get 'em next month for his Feb shindig.	Randy Search	5	2647	Dec 24, 2010 by Paul Lindsey
	BAMC Pics (Preview) I met some of the greatest guys in the World today. These Warriors had the best attitudes, even in wheel chairs and missing legs they were very upbeat and very appreciative of the rods. Most everyone said they would go back if they could. I told one soldier that was missing a leg "Thank you for your...	Pat Helton	3	2896	Dec 15, 2010 by Doug Williams
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