My wife saw these at the Dollar Tree store for 99cents each!
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Read the entire June issue of the TTW here
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Fly rod grip mock up. Cork under ????????? I know. Do you?
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By adding cork tape to the jaws of my rod lathe the slipping problems I had were eliminated.
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Generally only available around Holloween at Jan's or Michael's.
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Same pattern but with the threads mentioned in RodMaker 13-6 Sulky 40wt polyester GLOW THREADS and size "A" FishHawk regular nylon black wrap thread
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Not a very good photo but....
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This is the pattern in the RodMaker 13-6 issue except this one is done with FisHawk "Brillance" glow in the dark metallic for the design threads and "C" black wrap thread. On a black background the bat is the black wrap thread with the weave design threads creating the the area behind the bat (so to speak). Some refer to this as a reverse weave pattern. One
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May the force be with you!
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This was the weave from @#$%&! It's the biggest pattern I've done at 87 X 318 2 layers. Had the Wonder Weaver set to close, broke threads crossed threads. A real nightmare!
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62 X 150 3 layers #326 red reg., #002 white NCP, green/black twist #8209 all Gudebrod size A with size C wrapping thread. The 8209 works great for fins but I now wish I would have added another color layer for the face of this characture sockeye. Oh well, there's always a next time!
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This is one of Mark Crouse's patterns. Modified some and I used different colors. (he used greys) 49 X 79 and 3 layers instead of 4 Madeira #1751 green, #1749 L.green, #1910 red with Gudebrod 5724 brown "B" wrap thread
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weave is 31 X 114 2 layers Madiera #1749 & #1751 greens with FishHawk black "A" reg. This test wrap showed a couple pattern changes were in order but overall still a nice weave.
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78 X 71 Black "A" design threads & White NCP A wrap thread.
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13mm high and 22mm wide
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Pattern is 61 X 83 5 colors 4 layers Gudebrod NCP 002 white, NCP 524 yellow, reg. 209 blue, HT silver metallic, & reg. 326 red Wrap thread is Gudebrod "C" NCP black
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Yoda is 70 X 150 madeira #1749 with Gudebrod "C" over. Pattern is approx. 15mm X 37mm
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A fun project
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Cool bass pattern Jim! 44 X 93 3 layers
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I did this back in '05. Got the rod in for guide repair so I took another photo. Silver laid down with CP
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Handle lay-out on an AllStar B786 MH 2pc Only pressure fitted now, not glued up yet
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52 X 55 2 layers Gudebrod grey and FISHhAWK #6779 green both size "A" with FishHawk black "C" wrap thread. Modified pattern bhy Tom Walters
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My client's wife is a member of the US Army Signal Corps stationed overseas and is an avid basser. This rod is her coming home surprise! It's built on a North Fork Composites MB705-1 IM series blank with custom regular & red burl cork handle, Recoil RSGP guides with a Fuji Ti-Sic tip-top. Threadwork is an original "Signal Flags" cross-wrap with a weave of the Corps
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The wrap pattern is my first 100% original cross-wrap and represents crossed Signal Flags. Threads are Gudebrod Black "A" & NCP White "A" with Madiera poly-neon #1947 and FishHawk metallic G2 gold. After completing the wrap I put the sequence into Visual Wrap. I wanted to see how it would look using a simpler wrapping sequence using bands instead of
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It's been a while since I've done much thread work other than weaves so I fingered I should brush up. A client asked If I could do something special on a rod for his wife who is in the Army Signal Corps and is overseas. I'll be doing a weave of the Corps emblem and I had an idea for a crosswrap along the same
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G.Loomis 1084-2 slate blank, Batson graphite handle set, Alps guides. Logo weave on top name weave on bottom. Both weaves Gudebrod HT silver size "D" name is only 11 threads
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This reel seat design is from J.P. Timberlake's article in RodMaker mag. issue 12-4
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Should have waited instead of posting that lousy photo. Here is a much better one.
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Front & rear grips are cork'alon (cork veneer over foam) seat is solid cork with slid rings. Very comfortable!
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