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mark blabaum Registered: June 2006 Location: Southwest - Wisconsin Posts: 1,282	I have been playing with casting resins. I imbedded a casting fly into imitation ivory and surrounded with walnut burl. The ramp is made with poly foam from a reel seat insert. The rod blank is a tiger eye 3wt.
	· Date: Tue February 23, 2010 · Views: 1,992 · Tags: 2 · Filesize: 35.0kb, 102.6kb · Dimensions: 1380 x 783 ·
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Ellis Mendiola

Registered: March 2005
Location: Houston, Texas
Posts: 629

Tue February 23, 2010 10:45pm

Mark, Have you had a chance to cast the 3 wt.?

edward torres

Registered: April 2007
Location: San Antonio Texas
Posts: 236

Wed February 24, 2010 12:00am

Hey Mark, that turned out great but why I'm I not surprised, those dark colors are fantastic. It will blend right in w/me.

mark blabaum

Registered: June 2006
Location: Southwest - Wisconsin
Posts: 1,282

Wed February 24, 2010 5:38pm

Ellis, I haven't cast the rod. I made the grip for a friend and he's going to finish it. What little I did as far as shaking the blank; I was impressed. It felt crisp and seemed like a great value for the money. Eddie thanks for the kind words.