While I'm an admirer of intricate thread work and all of the beautiful work that's done with reelseats and grips I have absoluely NO desire to learn how to do it and don't want it on any of my rods. That being said I'm fascinated by it especially the bleeding of colors. Does Clemen's book "Custom Rod Thread ART" contain information regarding this "art"? If not can someone point me to some articles/books on the subject and the basics of thread weaving? I just want to learn about it and fool around with it this winter to stave off cabin fever. Warren

Warren, I e-mailed you a few weave samples of work done in size A thread. You have come to the right place for answers to your requests. I'm sure others will have additional comments for you to draw from. Any further assistance let me know. Good Luck!

Pat Barnard

I enjoy weaving. The Dale Clemons book on thread Art is good. once you understand the basics you can design your own patterns

Not sure what you mean by 'bleeding'. If you're talking about shading then I think a past issue of RodMaker had a cover and a story on it. If you're talking about bleed-through from underlying threads then I think Clemen's book has that. St. John's cross?

Warren,
As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words, a video must be worth a million. One such video to peruse is by Doc Ski, a perfectionist to behold. But this shows first hand the weaving techniques he does and can actually be grasped. No really complicated tools or jigs as he shows. There are others showing color change such as Artie Hebert's video on weaves.
Good books on the subject exist, including the one mentioned. I find seeing it done first hand is the way to learn.
Certain club gatherings of rodbuilders have excellent masters of this techinque such as was seen with Don Morton at a rod builders Guild conclave in Nashville. Quite fascinating indeed, and yet it is mentioned only about 1% of anything about the techinque is known, meaning a lot lies ahead with artisans of the weave.

Rich
Solyrich Custom Rods