Want to get me one of those pm me some details
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Want to get me one of those pm me some details
That looks great, lots of time and patience in that job. Wonderful work, post more pics.
Looks real nice.
I have been givin some thought to building a rod for my Brother. I have Never built one before and I know you can buy kits pretty cheap. But they are to learn on. You wouldn't want to buy all the high priced blanks and guides and screw it up. But I am retired now and live in Colorado so learning to build rods is a very appealing idea. OBTW that is a fine looking rod you built. Hope I can get that good :-)
That is a beautiful rod. You have a lot of talent plus a ton of patients.
NICE JOB. I to have been looking at gettting into building rods. It would certainly give me something to do when the weather keeps me inside. I have one more yr until I can actually retire. There are so many things I would like to do that I do not have enough hours in the day to do.:Rofl
FISH ON:fish
Looks really good. Well done. Did you put your name on the artwork?Quote:
Originally Posted by tnpondmanager
This particular rod had a chevron cross wrap just a little ways above the hookkeeper, so there really wasn't a place to sign my name.
I'm going to wrap up a 7' 3 wt. on a Lamiglas blank. Bois d' Arc downlocking reel seat with a sliding band, classic twist thread is burnt red and orange (comes out brown/copper after finsih) and burnt red trim. It should be great for native Brookies, bream, and I'd be lying if I said I wouldn't use it as a soft hackle rod for Arkansas trout as well.
For the guys who are thinking about getting into it- Building rods is easy, but it's a stacking skill set. If you're buying all of the components in a kit, you should have a rod put together in a couple of hours. If you're doing the kind of work pondmanager is doing with custom grips, butts, and reel seats, you're looking at a little different animal. I don't know the first thing about a lathe, so I buy my grips and seats pre-made.