First things first. Your thread work is second to none! The other thing is that when I apply my epoxy, after I stop rotation and wick away the drips, I do the 180 degree flip process - every minute - for 1 full hour before I employ the dryer motor. If I don't do this flip technique for at least an hour, I get waves and "football" shaped finish. I also steer clear of "ligh
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<p>Fly and Leader Management system in use.</p>
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<p>Built with Pac Bay TiBronze, Lemke Bronze Hardware Seat, Pac Bay Minima TiBronze guides and Birch Bark, Burl Cork, and Amber Acrylic.</p> <p> </p>
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<p>Birch Bark with Burled Cork, Burnt Cork and Auburn Acrylic.   Three color Tiger Wrap</p>
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<p>Three color tiger wrap.</p>
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<p>Another view of the Leader Latch without a fly attached.</p>
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<p>Leader-Latch (aka Leader Tender) is made of acrylic and attached via a screw that affixes to the drilled and tapped acrylic piece and reel seat slip ring.  This was made so that you have a smooth radius to wrap your leader around, rather than the fly reel's foot which often has sharp 90 degree angles that can damage your leader/tippet if your set-up is snagged travel
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<p>Guide-mounted hook keeper made of acrylic.   Here the fly is latched and the leader is looped around a smooth radiused "leader latch"  affixed to the top of the reel seats' slip ring to keep the bulky leader to line connection pulled out past all of the guides/tip and keeps your set-up more readily availble to start fishing
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<p><strong>Built on a St Croix SCIV Blank.  9ft 9wt 4pc.  Birch Bark, burl cork, burnt cork, rubberized cork and acrylic used in grip, seat insert, fighting butt.  </strong></p>
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<p>A simple way to keep "dust bunnies" from landing on your decorative wrap.  I cut sections of a "pool noodle" that kids use in swimming pools for flotation.  Bore the center hole to 1 1/8" using a forstner bit in my drill press for the grip foam section.  I build up the blank on the tip-side of the
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Built on a Dan Craft Blank. Handle consists of Birch Bark, Burl Cork, Burnt Cork, Rubberized Cork (left rough), and Acrylic
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Scrap wood and metal tubing make for a decent fly rod rack
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RED birch bark, burnt cork, brown burl cork
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Ready to fish (or just use to show potential clients).
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Three colors used for base wrap. Top wrap is a Chestnut Brown without CP.
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Closer look of grip, seat, reel handle.
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Rainshodow RX7 9' 5wt. 4 pc. blank. Birch Bark, Light Burl Cork, Burnt Burl Cork Handle. Reel Handle replaced to match Rod Grip. Stabalized Reel Seat. 3-color Tiger Wrap. Pac Bay Minimas.
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Self explanatory
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Minima 4's wrapped in dark brown Gudebrod 'A' Regular nylon and HT Metallic Matte Bronze - no CP applied.
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This is a flyrod I just finished for a customer. It's comprised of a Dan Craft FTXL9044 blank, American Tackle U5 reel seat skeleton (titanium), Fuji Titanium Plated SIC Strip and Tamer Guides, Pac Bay Minima 4 running guides and tip top (guide wound as tip top), birch bark/burl cork handle and insert, dark brown gudebrod 'A' Nylon w/Gudebrod HT Metallic Matte Bronze inlays, inlayed allignment f
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Closer view of centerpiece in birch bark handle
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Centerpiece has burl cork surrounded by total of 4 birch bark rings that are from the knotted/rough section of bark - sanded down in an attempt to creat a plane, then burnt cork rings.
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my latest flyrod made w/birchbark handle and seat insert w/burl cork and burnt cork rings.
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