I have done a few Cross Wraps Only Chevrons 2 color Fades....

I have a client I am building a 4 WT fly rod for and he only had 2 requests.....

First is a Carbon Fiber Grip That is handled

Second is a Chevron Fade similar to the one on the cover of Rodmaker Volume 3 Number 2.... using 3 or 4 colors..... 2 of which must be Black and Silver Metallic

Throw out some Ideas fellas

Thanks
Skip

Black to charcoal to grey to silver would be one sugestion. I however am not crazy about mixing a metallic in to a regular shade sequence but it may work.

Freddwhy (Rapt-Ryte)

I'm certainly not a guru but I'll throw in my opinion anyway :) I agree with Fred about mixing metallics in a fade; the contrast would be too much to look like a fade. I would suggest using either a single wrap of metallic to give a gleam to the edge of a regular nylon pattern or perhaps you could get away with a metallic pattern and one or two wraps of regular nylon as a shadow for a 3D effect. I don't have Volume 3 Number 2 to see the pattern you're referring to but with a chevron fade you're just a few steps away from a scales pattern where a metallic edge or shadow effect could look very nice.

Sometimes when I do a fade I will add in a single thread of metallic in the middle of a transition to add a little contrast but using it as a full part of the fade is usually too much. It is not the gradual change one would usually want. The metallic makes it way to abrupt.