Here’s a side shot of which shows inlay of paduk, yellowheart and black veneer. I tied the same inlay into the reel seat of the rod.
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This is a look at the bottom of the handle. I inlayed a Hex larva in flex coat high build. The epoxy inlays on this rod were clearly inspired by the work of Terry Henson. Thank you Terry for sharing your photos and information on this board. I have realized even more just how amazing your inlays are after giving this a try.
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This is a photo of the top of a handle on a 6wt I just finished. Cocolobo and blue mahoe wood with yellowheart and black veneer accents. Inlayed a streamer using flex coat high build.
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Handle is a combination of olivewood, canarywood,cocobolo, black veneer, and white styrene.
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7' Casting Rod and 7'6" spinning rod built on a 3wt matrix fly rod blank. Spinning rod was built as an ultra-light setup for Crappie.
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Ready to be wrapped. Turned with Afzelia burl, ebony and canary wood.
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Basic diamond wrap on a St Croix SCV spinning rod.
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5S66MF St Croix blank. Handle and seat was turned from marblewood.
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Ready for the Ice!
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first attempt at a split grip. 6'6" CTS spin blank.
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Burl and rubberized cork with black eva accents. wrapped reel seat with thread and added decal.
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Grizzly hackle and jungle cock inlay on CTS 6'6" spin blank.
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Not sure exactly what to call this pattern. I was experimenting with a box pattern and it turned into this. Used rust, Charcoal and gunmetal thread.
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3 pc Rainshadow blank. Handle has rosewood and yellowheart inlays. Reel seat is rosewood.
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Built on a 4wt forecast blank. The handle was turned by Les Freiborg. He did a great job with it.
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traditional handle on a SCIV blank.
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7'rainshadow spin blank with rosewood and yellowheart handle. 6' blank with purple, pink, and gray eva foam handle.
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Used about 5 different colors in this one. Unfortunately the camera flash really highlights out the green blank.
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First attempt at a thunderbird. Initially I planned a closed wrap but had the spacing wrong. Decided to go with it as is. You live and learn I guess...
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closeup shot of the foregrips
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6'6" and 6'0" light spin rods.
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This is a size 12 panfish jig I epoxied into a rod handle. Will be used on a 6' light spinning rod. Still need to sand edges down and seal cork.
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3 pc Rainshadow blank. Handle was turned by Herb Knowlton. I added some threadwork and inlayed the feathers. Covered with Flex Coat Lite.
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This was my first attempt at layering multiple feathers. Unfortunately, they shifted on me a bite as the epoxy dried.
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Forecast blank - purple and pink Gudebrod thread.
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Used underwrap of purple metallic HT braid and metallic pearl, purple, and pink wraps.
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Brown and red burl cork with purple foam inlays. Tulipwood reelseat.
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Stripper guide wrap with Garnet and silver metallic thread. Guide is a SiC pac bay.
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Basic diamond wrap. Garnet underlay thread, pearl metallic, charcoal, and silver metallic. This is build #3 for me.
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This is an acrylic reel seat made by Dave Winslow. Used on 7'9" rod.
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