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At long last.....
it is finished...my first...a 7-0 3/4wt bamboo built on a Mark Fitch blank. It is a modified F.E. Thomas taper with swelled butt
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y15...201/rod2-1.jpg
It has a strubble uplocking nickel silver reel seat with a zebra wood insert....strubble half wells which I modified the upper portion giving it a slight rounding
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y15...g%201/rod6.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y15...g%201/rod1.jpg
it has olive green silk wraps with antique gold tipping
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y15...201/rod5-1.jpg
It has black nickel silver snake guides, tiptop, and a black nickel agate stripping guide
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y15...201/rod7-1.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y15...201/rod3-1.jpg
Thank you all for all your help and advice in building this rod...I believe I may have to stream test this beauty tomorrow.
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Beautiful, absolutely beautiful! Awaiting your report on its fishability tomorrow.
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Your first :shock: You are really talented. Now your gonna have to figger out how to keep the rest from Mama :lol:
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SWEET!!!!!!!!!!!!!! looks great
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Great looking rod and great looking fish to go with it. Good thing you made sure there was no skunk on that new rod. Would be a shame to have it fishless.
This prism stimi you spoke of? Recipe?
REE
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REE....look a prism hatch
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y15...ismhatch-1.jpg
Hook: Orvis 122J size 16
Thread: Orvis Orange 6/0
Tail: Natural coastal deer
Body: dark olive prism antron dubbing
Ribbing: gold wire
Body hackle : brown
Wing: bleached deer hair
Throax: yellow prism antron dubbing
Throax hackle: grizzly
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ROTFLMAO
Thank you, Sir.
REE
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