Raymond_Adams
Registered: May 2005
Location: Sacramento, CA
Posts: 2,187
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Fri January 6, 2006 9:18pm
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Much better guide prep! Wraps are as tight as before, practise makes perfect!
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James Labanowski
Registered: March 2005
Location: Oxnard, California
Posts: 2,046
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Fri January 6, 2006 9:45pm
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Looks good Rob. One thing to keep in mind when you custom build your own rods is that you have no one to please but yourself. If you like long wraps then make them that way. Just one of the things that makes this craft fun. Our suggestions are JUST that and never feel like you need to conform to any of us. You almost sounded appologetic for not shortening the wraps and that is not what we need to be about. Just enjoy what you are doing.
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Fred Yarmolowicz
Registered: March 2005
Location: Brick(Central) NJ
Posts: 556
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Fri January 6, 2006 10:16pm
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Nice clean looking wrap.Sometimes the more simple stealth look makes a bolder statement than multicolors and trim wraps.Some of the high end factory rods I have are wrapped this way.Makes the quality of your wraping technic really stand out.Now thw big question.CP or no CP.Wait till you apply the finish and the color jumps at you!!!!!thats what its all about.
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Rob Culver
Registered: January 2006
Posts: 4
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Fri January 6, 2006 10:31pm
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im going to CP I love the lt blue wrap on dr blue blank.im sure its going to look good but its going to look better in my boys hand that what its all about....
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Mike Barkley
Registered: March 2005
Location: Southgate, Michigan
Posts: 1,103
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Fri January 6, 2006 10:35pm
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You're right, Rob. That IS what it's all about!!!!! Very nice job!
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Stan Gregory
Registered: July 2005
Location: Coastal NC
Posts: 163
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Sat January 7, 2006 12:18am
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Good work! On my current rod build, I'm thinking about wrapping guides in black metallic Sulky without any trim bands and was happy to see your fine results. I'll make the wrap distance from the guide foot shorter, but it's the builders/customers choice. Stan
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Ellis Mendiola
Registered: March 2005
Location: Houston, Texas
Posts: 628
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Sat January 7, 2006 12:45am
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Looks good. Now you won't have to worry about the finish cracking at the end of the guide foot.
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Scott VanGuilder
Registered: March 2005
Location: Chisholm, MN
Posts: 265
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Sat January 7, 2006 8:30am
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I build my own rods so that I can have them exactly the way I like them as far as looks go and so that I know what and how things were put together. Functionalitiy and how well it works is one thing, but the looks part of it ones own taste. I did a rod where I scuffed the surface and spray painted the rod blank pink cuz that was what someone wanted. I still look at that rod and think it is hideous, but the person who got it thinks it is gorgeous:) go figure. In other words, if it works well and you like it, it is good!!!
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Rob Culver
Registered: January 2006
Posts: 4
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Sat January 7, 2006 9:07am
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Thanks for all the wonderful coments guys makes a guy feel good about his work....
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Domenic Federico
Registered: April 2005
Location: NE Ohio
Posts: 169
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Sat January 7, 2006 12:26pm
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I tend to make my wraps a little longer off the guide feet on the first couple in an attempt to highlight the trimband detail and design I'm associated with. As I get closer to the tip, I usually have no more than three to four wraps on the blank before it is transitioning up the guide. On longer fly and float rods, it gives the customer artwork to admire near him, and then the lightness (to retain action) for the rest of the rod. On pack rods, I try to keep the trim band artwork to a minimum or incorporate it on the actual guide foot. So in the end, he or she gets the best of the reasons why they commission us to build them a rod...Attention to detail, superb customization, and better than off the shelf performance!
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