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Whatcha think so far???
Posted by:
Domenic Federico
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Date: December 30, 2004 01:09PM
Guys,
Wanted to shoot you a couple pics of my latest work in progress. Rainshadow float rod for my 7 Y.O. daughter Carly. All colors chosen by "my bubba" and artistic license given to me. (Not sure thats a good thing!) Trim band width on the butt wrap was determined by her ( I would have gone a little narrower, but she insisted on the bling-bling) along with the repeated color scheme. Main colors pink/red. Accent colors black, gold, purple. This is my first attempt at a chevron wrap, which came out great IMO. After choosing to put an "X" pattern as an accent in between the repeated "V's", it think it looks even better. Ferrule wraps and hookkeeper wraps were done with a majority of purple with black trim bands. All guide wraps will have a main black thread wrap with a three wrap trim band and a 1/4 way into the guide, a two wrap solid color band. All colors in the guides will follow the same scheme as the main chevrons in the butt wrap and will alternate on each guide as I make my way up to the tip top. Colors in the beaded fighting butt were chosen to reflect those of the thread colors. Wire underwrap was out of the fly tying supplies and as close to metallic red as I had. All guides will be coated with Gudebrod High Build. The Butt wrap will be several coats of Flex Coat thin, and the beaded fighting butt will most likely get a few coats of highbuild to seal it up well. So far, my main critic says, "She likes it alot!" And that makes it all worth it! ehehhehe Criticisms welcome. Thanks, Domenic p.s. next up: Rainshadow 10'6" 6WT fly rod and a 11'6" noodlerod for the summer smallie and catfish patrols. [my.core.com] and [my.core.com] Re: Whatcha think so far???
Posted by:
Andrew Petroski
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Date: December 30, 2004 01:35PM
I like - been thinking about making one for the wife and daughter myself before spring time comes. I really like the bead work. Re: Whatcha think so far???
Posted by:
Mike Barkley
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Date: December 30, 2004 07:57PM
Really Nice!! How about some details on how you did the bead work. Is the groove filled with finish??
Post the pix on the Photo Page when it's back up so it will always be available Mike Re: Whatcha think so far???
Posted by:
Mick McComesky
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Date: December 31, 2004 12:18AM
Not bad at all Domenic!
Looking forward to pics of the finished grip with the beading! Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
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