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17 years ago
sam fox
this is the parts and working area
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17 years ago
sam fox
finally got it up and running after the move from Mississippi to Iowa. This is the wrapping and finishing bench
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15 years ago
sam fox
assembled rod tip
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17 years ago
sam fox
Thanks Mark Blabaum. This is another view of the Maple and Walnut split grip.
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17 years ago
sam fox
First attempt, Thanks Mark. Maple and Walnut with a Walnut insert.
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17 years ago
sam fox

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17 years ago
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17 years ago
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17 years ago
sam fox
This is a view of the butt cap, he lost his wife a couple of years ago and had me inlay one of her large dangling earrings in it.
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17 years ago
sam fox
I built this rod for a friend, it has a buckeye burl handle,split grip,spiral wrap,chevron butt wrap and marbled reel seat
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18 years ago
sam fox
full view of texalium and red cedar split grip handle
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18 years ago
sam fox
7 1/2 ft flipping stick using texalium and red cedar for spit grip
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18 years ago
sam fox
9 wt Austin blank, handle is a combination walnut, burnt cork, burl cork and kraft foam. Reel seat is Pac Bay.
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18 years ago
sam fox
burnt cork handle, red cedar insert and sliding ring reel seat
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18 years ago
sam fox
close up of nylon wrapped handle and walnut burl reel seat
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18 years ago
sam fox
4 wt rod with a nylon cord wrapped handle and a walnut burl insert, finished with spar varnish
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18 years ago
sam fox
Rear of handle on wife's rod using her oil paints from her painting set. This was the first rod made from Andy Dear's blanks from the show.
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18 years ago
sam fox
Made this for my wife from one of the blanks purchased from Andy Dear at the show.
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18 years ago
sam fox
Made for wife from one of Andy Dear's blanks purchased in Charlotte.
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18 years ago
sam fox
Made this to go with the rod case that I posted earlier. Took a little time to do this.
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17 years ago
sam fox
5 piece pack rod with 2 handles, makes into a 6 wt 9 ft fly rod or a 7 1/2 ft light spinning rod
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18 years ago
sam fox
another close up of my fly rod case
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18 years ago
sam fox
close up of double rod case
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18 years ago
sam fox
Made this to transport 2 of my flyrods in, hand stitched and tooled.
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18 years ago
sam fox
11 ft. split grip, marbled on light wt. Salmon blank
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18 years ago
sam fox
bamboo fly/spin combo shown in the spin configuration. Good for a 2-10 lb line or a 1/8 oz to 1/2 oz lure.
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18 years ago
sam fox
bamboo fly/spin rod shown in fly configuration. It throws a 4 wt line.
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18 years ago
sam fox
bamboo rod with reversable handle
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18 years ago
sam fox
gaff made from a wood dowel rod, wrapped with nylon cord and turned with marine fiberglass resin. Marbling added as whim in red, white and blue
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18 years ago
sam fox
Wood is a combination of maple,walnut and red cedar. Reel seat is from a junked daiwa buggy whip rod and rod is from a broken used rod.
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