This is my first shot at a fly rod handle. I realy like the birch bark, and the wood accents are cocobolo, ebony, and aspen. I think I will be using birch bark more often the look and feel are great. I hope the rest of this project go well.
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Here is a closer look at the lathe. I'm realy glad I'm hooked on building rods because I made the bench and lathe before I built my first rod.....I just like to build things out of wood.
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Heres my design for a rod building bench. I made it out of oak and the extentions can fold down when not in use. I enjoy woodworking so I tried to make it look like a piece of furniture so my wife would let me bring it home. I also made the lathe in the pcture.
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I'm on my second rod and did an open diamond wrap on my first rod. I would like to do a chevron on my second and was looking for good instruction on the how to's, is there a good resource out there? Thanks, Craig
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Thanks for the help Raymond & Cliff, Yea, I've been reading about this addiction thing........it's to late for me I'm past any point of return. I am only in the middle of building my first rod and before I got started I built a powered rod lathe and dryer. Then I started buying the "STUFF", and then I went to Charlotte and bought more "STUFF". So then I needed a place t
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Hello all, I am new to the craft, and this site, but went to Charlotte this year and learned a ton and the info here has been incredible. I am building my first rod for my little girl. I have completed an open diamond butt wrap using a rice royal blue metalic and gudebrod white (not NCP). The rod is cobalt blue and I have Flexcoat CP to apply to keep the white from darkening. My question is, w
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