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My first rod of 2014, The Blue Heron
Posted by:
Scott Kopp
(172.242.110.---)
Date: February 08, 2014 08:43PM
Here is the Blue Heron, first rod of 2014:
The rod was built on an Epic 990 "So Blue" unidirectional fiberglass blank. The wood is stabilized fiddleback maple, dyed with a subtle blue color. The reel seat insert, the grip trim and the fighting butt pieces are turned from it. The reel seat is a Lemke seat which was anodized blue. The full wells grip is topped off with a matching blue anodized winding check. The stripping guides are American Tackle BTRLS TiCh with blue Nanolite rings. The black nickel snake guides are Snake Brand Universals with a tip top from Snake Brands as well. I used YLI silk 212 with two turns of YLI silk 209 for trim wraps. This rod will be seeing lots of saltwater from the back of a kayak. This is the reason I call this rod Blue Heron. Do you see it? Re: My first rod of 2014, The Blue Heron
Posted by:
Lynn Behler
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Date: February 08, 2014 09:15PM
Scott the rod is beautiful, pics in your post priceless! Re: My first rod of 2014, The Blue Heron
Posted by:
Michael Danek
(184.11.142.---)
Date: February 09, 2014 08:49AM
Terrific workmanship! Re: My first rod of 2014, The Blue Heron
Posted by:
Don O'Neil
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Date: February 09, 2014 01:52PM
Nice build!!! I like it a lot.
It's nice when figure in the burl jumps out at you, makes a statement and gives a name to the rod. Don Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/09/2014 01:52PM by Don O'Neil. Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
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