I am doing a light spinning rod with split grip. I want to do a tiger wrap between the split. This rod will be wrapped in green and white purl metallic. I need suggestions for the colors I should use for the base wrap and the over wrap. I want the green and white to show through.

Mike Bradfrod
R.M.B. Fishing Rods
Nampa, Idaho

Use NCP A white and green A on bottom and green on top with CP. Using NCP white really makes them look good. I like to use Madeira for the colored thread. It seems the slight difference in size between the threads gives great movement.

I would use white and black on the bottom. Maximimum contrast! Move it around a good amount to get the 'wavy effect'. Put at least 2 coats of finish on that underwrap. Wrap the opposite way with a green nylon and sacrificial thread for the top wrap. Pull out the sacrificial thread. Put cp on the top green wrap. Then cover with a couple of coats of finish. Should be a beautiful Green tiger at this point! Good wrapping!?!

Yep, Steve is right on.... I'm in the process of finishing a rod wrapped in green. Tiger wrap in the split grip - used black/white for the base wrap, 2 coats of expoxy, and green with sacrificial thread on top. Came out very nicely.

Just me, but when I wrap metallic and another color for the base i use non-metallic on top and seem to get the best results. Also I have not been real happy wiht a pearl metallice as a base, seem to get a green or purple hue(unless that's what your looking for). Black and white nylon base is always the best for me in terms of contrast, although I just did a black nylon and gold metallic base and dark green nylon on top and was wowed by the effect!

Since I have never seen a tiger wrap in person, and am having trouble visualizing all of this, I need to ask:: Where do the colors come from? I am wanting a green and white tiger wrap. some have suggested a black and white underwrap and a green overwrap. I was thinking that doing the underwrap in green and metallic pearl without cp, and then doing the overwrap in green with cp, would give me the green and white I am looking for. I just looked at a picture of a tiger wrap that was done with a black and white underwrap and a green overwrap, and it showed up as green and white. I am very confused.

Mike Bradfrod
R.M.B. Fishing Rods
Nampa, Idaho

If you want green and white, do not use black as an under wrap. Use white and green. Either NCP white or metallic. Here is a link to a maroon and white. It is NCP white and Madeira maroon with Maroon on top. Search my other pics and you will see a orange and silver metallic under and orange on top. I just did a NCP green and HT gold, but I can't remember what my bottom colors are. I think I used Green NCP and HT gold. It looked OK, but I don't really like the NCP on top. Best to use regular with CP.


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I now have 12" of scrap blank wrapped to do a test. I have one section wrapped with black and pearl, one long section that is dark green and pearl, and another section that is the new Pro-Wrap Twist in green and silver.I marked the blank so that I could turn it 1/8 of a turn, and burnish with a ><>< motion, and then turn it an 1/8th, and burnish in a <><>motion. I can not see any movement in the black and pearl or green and pearl. The Twist has a very interesting pattern after burnishing. I am going to CP half of the green wrap, and half of the Twist wrap, and then run epoxy on the whole thing. I will do the over wrap with dark green and CP. Wish me luck

Mike Bradfrod
R.M.B. Fishing Rods
Nampa, Idaho