Bought a Neon Lime Green blank off Mudhole for Sh!ts and Giggles and to have a rod to leave at my buddies Cabin in Maine for Smallies and Largies.

What color wraps do you all think i should put on it?

Thinking about yellow and green and do a "7Up soda" kind of look.

or maybe some black to make it pop.

what do you think....

Chris



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/12/2014 01:00PM by Chris Staab.

Chris:
Throw in some dark green with yellow trim bands and inlays and its gonna be beautiful.

Tom

black wraps, Mud Hole green trim wrap (2 thread) , with bright yellow trim wrap after the green (5 threads)

Buzz

Why not put on neon green, neon yellow and neon chartruse?

Chris

In the photo below if you change the blank to neon green and use Roger's suggestion of neon green thread with black you will end up with something like this ???

[www.rodbuilding.org]

Tom

Tom,.
I like it!!

Thanks Roger. That's a Rod Geeks blank.

Tom

Chris

If you want more ideas of colors Got to your local food mart Take a look and products on the shelves
Just like the 7 up thing you can bring your camara and take pictures of probably many things with similar colors and get plenty of ideas

Bill - willierods.com

Great ideas all! thanks

Chris

Great ideas all! thanks

Chris

Great ideas all! thanks

Chris

what about doing something a little crazy since the blank is a crazy color anyways. Go with like a neon blue, or neon pink, with some white or silver trim bands.

something purple would really pop.

I've actually done a couple of these blanks for some friends who wanted an inexpensive "crazy looking" rod. One of them I wrapped in orange/black tiger wrap then marbled the butt section in orange, green, white and purple. It was really crazy looking. The other I just finished wrapping this am in purple. If you're not looking for something to mimic, try looking at a color wheel, it can give you ideas for other colors that will compliment each other.

Got any pictures Jared?

Maybe I have some pics. If I don't have one somewhere, I'll run over to his house (he only lives about 1 mile from me.) I've been looking for an excuse to get on the photo page. I'll let you know when I post it. Warning! The color scheme is not for the faint of heart or stomach. But it's what he wanted.

Chris, I just put a pre-epoxy photo of the wrap on the photo page. Please don't judge, that was one of my first rods, long before I started doing the Forhan lock. But at least it will give you an idea of the color scheme. I am having my buddy send me pics of the marbling. Hope this helps a little. Good luck and let me know how you ended up wrapping it.