stopped by tom's place for the flea market set up. unfortunately work kept me from staying very long, looking forward to the next one,

Enjoyed the gathering yesterday. Tom demonstrated how to apply finish to guide wrap, talked about rod breakage. I picked up a tip from Steve Gardner on wrapping micro's. Also met and talked to some rod builders. Picked up a Castaway 964 XP3 blank.

I had a good time at the flea market yesterday.
Got a couple reel seats,fly rod blank and 2 wood lathes,thanks to Matt Smith...thank you Matt it was
good to finally meet you.
Meet some other rodbuilders also.
Tom has a nice place.Thanks for having me down Tom!

When through Danville on the way home to git some lathe tools.
Lowes,Home Depot,tractor supply and Sears,,nobody had any.
Oh well there always @#$%&.

Thanks guys,
mikeb

Home Town,Gretna VA

we should have worn name tags or something, mike i fish sml all the time we could have swapped some fishing stories.

Hey Jim,I wish I hada known.
I have not been to SML much this year.


Sorry Tom,I did not know that I was not to use their name.
By the way that is not a curse word.
mikeb

Home Town,Gretna VA

I know - we added it to the censor list because some guys were using the forum to advertise their @#$%&. No problem.

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I also had a great time and it was very nice to meet everybody.

Mike I hope you get some good use from those lathes. I kinda hated to part with them but wasn't using them enough to justify the space in my "shop" and they were more than what I needed anyway. As Tom said, you can do little stuff on a big lathe but not big stuff on a little lathe, but I am more in need of he space right now. I will eventually get a new one with all the whistles and bells...maybe after I hit the lottery...along with a bigger shop.

Thanks again Tom for hosting that. I could have stayed all day chatting, but everybody left and I needed to get home anyway so the timing was good.

Matt Smith
Greensboro, NC

I too say thank you Tom , I had a good time and learned some things about rod building and kayaking.
Thanks Chris

I'm glad folks had a good time. It was pretty informal and there were no planned seminars or demos. Maybe next time we can expand and do more. But we'll wait until the weather cools a bit.

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Hello Everyone

I just got back today,(stopped at my Father's place and then to my Mothers).
Had fun at the flea market and got some good deals and a good bit of education but still need more so if Tom has another one you can bet I'll be there, even if I have to leave early like this time, but I hope to stay longer next time.

Tight Lines and Good Builds.

Bob,

New Bern, NC.