A set of Christmas rods for nephew and brothers-in-law. MHX S842-2, Aero seat, Pac Bay guides, Winn Hero golf grips. Made one for myself too :)
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A friend sent me this pic of a nice rainbow he caught on a 5wt I built him a few years ago.
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I liked the golf grip rod I built for my brother so I started one for myself :) This rod will have a red US Reels Supercaster reel on it.
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My brother's birthday is coming up and he asked for a rod. He doesn't fish; he's a golf fanatic and teaches golf for a golf club in PA. I figured I'd incorporate his passion with mine and came up with this grip idea. He uses Taylor Made golf clubs and the grips are actually quite inexpensive. The grips are a bit on the heavy side but they work very well for 7' rods.
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Built this one for a friend who's dad (70th birthday) has been flounder fishing with his grandfather's old wooden rod. Dad's a retired orthodontist and the center thread in the crosswrap is orthodontist wire (titanium, not easy to work with)
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Set of three fiberglass rods for my sister's church; two underspin, one spinning. Guardian Angel crosswraps. Rear grip in foam, painted white, flame is pigmented epoxy, cross is wood shavings, two clear coats. Ahead of the reel seat are "fishy" scriptures.
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Yankees Fly Rod for Friend
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Patriot's Rod for my Nephew
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Checking out how much CP fills the tunnels or if it will seal trapped air and stop epoxy from getting in.
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For a retired AF M-Sgt. Contoured carbon sleeved split grip with aircraft collage in the split. I used one of the buttons off his uniform for the butt cap.
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Same as last pic but cleaned up and pasted onto nice background
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MHX CB783-Blend, cut down reel seat, contoured expanding foam split grip, pigmented epoxy, 3.5mm running guides, no bells, no whistles.
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Ferrule tool fitted to Minima seat
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The little rod for the bear took longer to make than the rod for my sister did!
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The red Carbon Hybrid Sleeve goes well with this old South Bend reel.
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Sleeved foam core capped with flames and monogram in "88" style.
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Catfish rod for my cousin in Ohio. Sleeved foam core grip capped with flames and monogram in "88" style.
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Homemade weaving jig. Works great with dowels for practice and works fairly well when strapped onto a blank. The foam blocks were handouts from a seminar; a few razor cuts, a few numbers penned in, and viola; no cost weaving jig.
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Just having some fun with extra epoxy
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Testing how much leeway there may be in pouring expanding foam directly into reel seat
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Blue epoxy ramp to match main thread color. Hard to see here but it really does match the color very well.
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Ultra Ultra Light made from spare parts. Drop section Lamiglas fly rod; butt section was stepped on. Micro guide tip top and matching running guides. Butt guide was wrong size for another rod but worked OK for this one; still just a little short. Hook keeper is one of dozens that I've accumulated. Grip is a couple foregrips from a grab bag. Carbon sleeves were rejected from my own UUL build
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Metallic gold dragon weave.
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Christmas presents for nephew and his dad. Scales are Gudebrod HT Electra on black nylon. Yellow/Black acrylic seat. Carbon sleeved foam core with some yellow tint in the wetout and finished with urethane.
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Modified Thunderbird to look like Guardian Angels
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Starting my first rod with micro guides. The surgical tubing seems to work fine when doubled up and the guide wedged between the wraps.
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Scrap foam core, shaped for contoured grip and marbelized. West Systems 207 with Diamondite pigments in black and white. Helmsman Spar finish.
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Playnig around with flames in a holo wrap.
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