I havent posted anything for some time but this one is very special on several levels. Hope any of you who know or have heard of T REX will take time to post something. There is a bit of a story behind this rod. A dear friend, Teresa Radigan, asked me to please build her a rod even though I was retired. I had met her first at a gathering in Woodland Washington. She was just one of those types
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Just finished the rod for the Chuck Byron Memorial tournament by doing tigers under each guide. The moneys gathered from the tournament and rod @#$%& go directly to funding a project for young marine artists. A great project put on by his surviving widow Lori. Since some of the detail is obscured when I resize the pictures, anyone wanting to see them in larger detail can email me and I wi
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This time there is Black, Dk Green,Yellow and Medium green in the underwrap. Three coats of finish. Stickers one coat of finish. Two over wraps with Dr Green and 3 sacrificials all in opposing directions. The camera does not do it real justice. It did give me some more ideas to try too.
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82x104 and 6 layers. This is my second all new wrap on the @#$%& program and #3 is done now but putting finish on. It will be another underwater scene.
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82x104 and 6 layers. The Baja boys love this one.
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5896plain, 538NCP and 209Ncp under with Black and two sacraficials.
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Dark green, medium green and yellow with Black and two sacrafice over
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Self Explanatory
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Minding my own business when the mail man shows up and Whamo a surprise gift from Jorge Pozzobon. Another reason I believer Rod Building is a great community of people trying to help each other. It is a 34 1/2" fishing rod and little reel that really turns. The Cross Wrap is incredible and tight. Thank you so much Jorge it was a wonderful surprise and thanks for teh wonderful senti
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These are just some of the wonderful gifts I have received from other rod builders around the world. I have many more but most are in use or in my memories cabinet. Thank you Putter, Mark, Stan, Chris, Joaquin(sorry the bodkins are in use), Mary Lou, Hiro, Domenic, Jorge, Rich and a host more I am forgeting at the momemt. Friendship is the most important part of rod building to me and you all
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Putters magic with the marbling and feather stuff. He has to provice the particulars on the blank, guides and stuff.
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I used a tiger wrap of Met. gold and brown under with Brown open over to be the base wrap for two single chevrons with a turn around to try to match up with the handle not in color but in impression. Putter made the labels with the alps. In the sun this puppy comes to life.
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Though I have s weave in here it is obvious the bulk of the artistic work here belongs to Mark Blabaum. Weave by me and Putter is the MIC of the trim work and labels. It is like holding a feather and of course the pictures in now way trully represent how wonderful the workmanship is.
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Here are just some of the fish my new RCLB80L was proved on. This puppy is for real.
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Another tiger that came out really nice. It is on the tip end of a small gaff. Blue and Yellow under, 5 coats of finish(weight isnt an issue in most gaffs) and Black open over. When you move this one things REALLY change. Thanks again Scott.
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Fun little UL Lami for a little trout/panfish action. Put a Smallie weave in the split grip area. Tiger wrap is almost spooky. Not as easily viewed as some others but you know its moving. Lime and met. Silver with black open over.
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Blank Batson Rainshadow RCLB80L. Guides XTCXNZGs. Western Style cork tap handle with turk head and Butt cord spacer. Tiger wrap Met. Green and Met. Red with Black open over courtesy of Scott Throop technique. New Yellowtail weave from Chuck Byron painting. Scratches to be added soon. Backround Picture is my house at half past noon on the day the fires started.
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Well maybe 4o year ago. Just more fun stuff that can be done with thread.
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More wishin I was fishin
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With all the yellowfins I do, one might get the impression I like them. I DO Pre-madeira circa.
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This is A and A but I didnt do the burnishing trick and the patterns stay fairly consistant. B & W under and R open over.
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Questions have arisen about different thread sizes and the effects on Tiger wraps. This experiments show Red and White under with Blue open over. To to bottom is A,B and E. Again Photos dont really give a totally accurate image but it might help a little.
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Top two are the side and bottom two are dorsal view. Used two techniques to achieve different results. Best photos I have managed to get of Tiger Wrapping so far. Thanks to Scott for Sharing.
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Top two are the side view and the bottom two are the dorsal view of the not so Identical twin wraps. How many can pick out the differences.
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Not so identical twins for someone special. Handles turned by Rich Gassman, one of my favorite weaves.
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One of several new projects I have been working on lately. I will post the rest when I get the chance. This is on a Gaff - for the Grateful Dead fish.
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As you can seee I spent quite a bit of the last Month working with Billys favorite color. This is thanks to Tom Walters hard work. Obviously I wanted to show the growth of the dragon. Again hours far beyond your imagination. 166x220 threads 6 layers and 56mm with D thread. Now I can go back to some of the quick weaves in the 20 to 30 hour range. This starts to approach the four letter word
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Special thanks to Jim Upton for allowing me to play with his pattern. Also a special thanks to Tom Walters for working on the pattern for me. Dont even ask how long it took. 178x220 threads and seven layers. All madeira and B Gudebrod. Length 45mm I think it would have been better with size D as the wrap thread. I have a much better appreciation for Jimmy and Hiros dragons.
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Top Left Flex Coat 20% thinned with water , Top right Flex Coat 20% thinned with water and brushed with acetone Center NO CP Bottom Left Flex Coat Full strength, , Bottom Right Flex Coat Full Strength Brushed with acetone. Three coats of CP and two coats of finish.
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Top left 811 , Top right 811 brushed with acetone Center NO CP Bottm Left Diamondite , Bottom right Diamondite brushed with Acetone All with 3 coats and then 2 coats of finish.
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