63 x 152. Design threads - DMC metalics and gudebrod NCP white and yellow. Trim wraps - Madeira. "This sample i made in 2007, not too sure how i feel about this one, its nice and tight but i got the drawing from a very old encyclopedia and i thought it looked a bit prehistoric lol. First time i used DMC metallics, should have used a darker blue for the back but i didn't have any at the t
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66 x 182. Design threads - gudebrod colbalt blue Size D, NCP blue and white size C. Wrapping thread - gudebrod red size E. "This is a sample i made in 2007."
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Slightly better picture
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Sailfish Weave - with cp
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69 x 197. Design threads - Madeira sapphire(1842) Cobalt(1829) Light brown(1726) silver(1687) Sandstone(1863) Gunmetal(1718) Gold(1725) Wrapping thread - Gudebrod size D. "Finally got this one finished. I had intended to add spots on the sail and body made from the design threads, but halfway through i felt it wasn't working out and didn't look right so i cut it off and started over agai
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Made a start on a new weave - Sailfish. This one is 8 layers, already have the first 3 layers down, lot of detail in this pattern - spots on the sail and body.
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Wrapping the tiger top layer.
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Tightning Stage.
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Just recently finished this one on a friends Daiwa rod. My skull & swords pattern with a small black & silver tiger wrap. rewrapped the guides too in these colours.
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New Weave 64 x 196. Design threads - ncp size A. " Another african scene pattern that was originally made as a single layer pattern in 1993."
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Another view of my work bench area.
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My brothers an engineer and has made all my machinery for me, the rod dryer motor he used came off something that was made in Germany, whatever it was is great because i've been using it for well over 10 years, and the motor is always barely warm after leaving it on for hours.
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57 x 532. Design threads - All Madeira 7 colours. "This one is from 2010, it's on a Rovex factory 12' carbon fibre carp rod that i bought, stripped and rebuilt. I had intended to sell it but couldn't get a buyer, so i decided to keep it for myself. I also put a black and gray tiger wrap in the split grip (posted photo's of it in march) The pattern for this weave first started out as just
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57 x 532. Design threads - All Madeira 7 colours."This one is from 2010. It's on a Rovex factory 12' carbon fibre carp rod that i bought, stripped and rebuilt. I had intended to sell it, but couldn't get a buyer, so i decided to keep it for myself. I also put a black and gray tiger wrap in the split grip(posted photo's of it in march) The pattern for this weave first started out as just
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55 x 120, design threads - ncp white size c. background thread - madeira burgundy(1784) double wrapped. "This is a new weave of an old pattern updated".
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51 x 137, design threads - charcoal and white ncp size c. background thread - madeira navy(1967) double wrapped(2x turns of wrapping thread) "This is a new weave of an old pattern that i've updated using again madeira instead of gudebrod size E. give it a try, it looks tighter and sharper."
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This sample i did in the 90's. Quite hard trying to pick a favourite doc ski weave, but this one, his original yellow fin tuna, and tuna and kite have to be in the top 5 all time greats! I remember at the time seeing the mako head on the cover of doc's colour change video and saying wow look at the detail in that weave, and this was just the single layer version, i was even more amazed when i saw
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93 x 83 Madeira Aqua(1685) Green(1750) gunmetal(1874) silver(1800) gudebrod ncp white. "My first action weave. These are great fun to catch my part of the world, like mini marlins doing great acrobatics when hooked."
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78 x 59 Madeira - white, metallic gold, metallic silver. Background thread - Gudebrod size D regular.
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46 x 105 Single layer pattern. Design threads - Impex metallic gold sewing thread. Wrapping thread - gudebrod size E.
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49 X 164 Design threads - 7 colours gudebrod size D & C. Wrapping thread - size E "Hard to make out in this photo, but i used metallic silver for the hooks."
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78 x 214 Madeira - bright green(1988) jade green(1845) orange(1955) red(1839) white(1801) This was another fun one to do.
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77 x 222 Madeira sapphire(1842) sky blue(1874) gunmetal(1718) sandstone(1863) light brown(1726) "This one nearly went to the razor blade. noticed a couple of mistakes halfway into the weave, so it took me an hour or so to back wind and correct it. And if that wasn't enough punishment, just getting to the tail when i noticed i hadn't put a thread back into the pattern and had to back wind
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50 x 125 ncp size a threads for the design.I'm posting this one because i was asked by adam curtis if i could do an angler with a bent rod with a sunset when he commented on the elephants sunset weave. This is a sample i did years ago when i bought a pattern from Dale Clemens. It's a single layer weave called "Surf Fishing Scene" and it's by Frank Oakes. I think there was a smal
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75 x 224 NCP size A Orange, Rust, Yellow.
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71 x 217 Madeira 6 colours - Sapphire (1842) Jade (1845) Black (1800) Silver (1687) Gold (1725) Metallic silver. Background thread - Gudebrod charcoal size D regular.
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57 x 162 ncp size c charcoal & white. Background thread - madeira sapphire (1842) Tiger wraps - black & white under, madeira teal (1746) over. Made it stripey on left side, and burnished the top layer here and there on the right side - got some great spots, circles and swirls.
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CP applied, and tied off either side with a black and white tiger base layer.
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