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granger favorite thread?
Posted by:
eric zamora
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Date: March 02, 2005 04:21AM
i'm perusing the internet and came across the granger fly rod site by gary lacey once again and upon closer look, i really like the black and white pattern made by the thread wraps on The Favorite fly rod.
anybody know how this is done? i see gudebrod offers a "trimar silvertone thread" and some of the options include black and silver, plus gudebrod offers black/white in what they call their classic twist thread. i'm thinking something similar to the granger's design can be created with the classic black/white thread. just wondering. thsnk! eric fresno, ca. Re: granger favorite thread?
Posted by:
Mark Wendt
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Date: March 02, 2005 09:06AM
Eric,
It's called Jasper thread, and the black and white variations are part of the thread itself. Goldenwitch has an example of black and orange jasper on their web site. Mark Re: granger favorite thread?
Posted by:
Ken Preston
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Date: March 02, 2005 09:37PM
Eric
Mark is correct the thread is black/white jasper. Here's a link where you can get some nylon Size A and silk Size 00 : www.//vfish.net/silkpage1.htm I hope you enjoy fishing that 1930's era rod! Ken Re: granger favorite thread?
Posted by:
eric zamora
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Date: March 02, 2005 09:58PM
thanks ken and mark! actually, ken, i do not have that rod. i just like the design of the wrap, with the black and white coloration. would it be sacreligious in a classic fly rod sort of way to use something similar on a graphite rod?
eric fresno, ca. Re: granger favorite thread?
Posted by:
Ken Preston
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Date: March 02, 2005 10:09PM
Heck no! "do what YOU like'" S'what it's all 'bout this custom stuff. That's how / why I got tangled up (and as Emory is sure to point out
"stuck" ) in rod building in the first place. I couldn't find what " I " wanted and was more or less forced to make it myself. By the way the butt wrap on the Favorite is gold above the foregrip 1.5" long a 1/16" band of b&w jasper above that spaced 1" above then six 1/16" bands of gold 1" above the jasper followed by a 1" space a 1/16" band of jasper and ended with a 1/16" band of gold 1" spaced above the final jasper: }}}}}}}}}}}}} { ] ] ] ] ] ] { } gold J gold J gold Ken Re: granger favorite thread?
Posted by:
eric zamora
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Date: March 02, 2005 10:36PM
come ON ken, can't you be more specific????? sheesh! ;-) thanks again.
eric fresno, ca. Re: granger favorite thread?
Posted by:
Ken Preston
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Date: March 02, 2005 10:50PM
S'what happens when you're kinda 'into" old stuff! Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
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