9' 5pc 5wt Matrix

Just before Christmas the brother of a fishing buddy of mine asked how much it'd cost to get a rod built. I was kinda in the middle of a couple of projects, and told him that, but he gave me the go ahead to build a rod for a gift even though he knew it wouldn't be ready for Christmas. With free reign to build whatever I thought would be best I selected a 9 foot, 5 piece, 5 weight blank with reverse half wells grip, green wraps with silver trim, custom reel insert and silver hardware. The rod really came together and now I hate to see it go. Oh well, here are some pics from the build.

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Test casted her this morning and I think he'll get a lot of mileage out of this rod. Can't wait to get it delivered. There are more pics on my blog, if you're interested.

Nice looking stick. I'm sure the recipient will like it.

I have built several rods on that blank and folks seem to love them and the carbon fiber weave on the butt section is cool looking. Nice looking rod!

I really like that decorative wrap. Did you twist a silver strand with a green one to get that effect? It's really very nice.

What Lotech said and asked!

Cliff

It's a Olive Branch wrap where I twisted the silver around my main green thread. Docski has an excellent YouTube video on how to @ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMm0EZURcss

Thanks for the kind words!