It looks good to me Matt, now all it needs is a fish caugth with it. Mind if I ask total investment on that one?
Cheers,
MontanaMoose
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It looks good to me Matt, now all it needs is a fish caugth with it. Mind if I ask total investment on that one?
Cheers,
MontanaMoose
Sure, I'm rounding off to make things easier, the blank was about $12, the reel seat was $17, the cork was $4.50, the guides,hook keeper and tip were $23, the Thread was $6. The finish and glues I had on hand, figure another $10 if bought new. All together total of $62.50 roughly not including shipping or labor.
Not bad, a rod like that would cost about $150+ in the shop if you bought it from one of the major manufacturers.
Heck, $62.50 is really reasonable for a custom built rod Matt. Shoot, even 30 years
ago I spent $34.xx on a fiberglass kit, not
including glue or finishes. Can't wait to see
the start of the cane rod.
Merry Christmas !
MontanaMoose
Rod went over well, Now I'm working on rod# 4, another 4 foot 6/7 wt for next year's fishing season.
As for the bamboo, that's going to be awhile, after I finish all my E-glass projects, graphite projects (got 2 sweet Cabelas 805 7 pc blanks yesteday and still sitting on a Cabelas 804 7 piece blank), and finish the 5 bamboo rod restorations and repairs I have in the rack right now.
Merry Christmas to all, I'll start posting to this one as soon as I get some progress on the new rod.
Well, I couldn't sleep the last 2 nights so I continued on with my rod. I'll have posts up later, unfortunately I ran out of Size 6 RECoil RSF Guides, so I need to order more. Also had a slip with the sandpaper, hit the edge of the reel seat in one corner, wearing off the Black Anodizing as it went through the masking tape I used to protect it when working on it. So I'll hit it with the Black marker, and now I just have to wait for my guides to come in this week.
I'll post photos tomorrow to display my progress.
Matt
Here's a couple pics of my new rod, it's fate after 12/31/2009 has yet to be determined, but I plan on fishing this one for the next year as part of a challenge. Now I'm waiting for more guides to finish it.
http://i495.photobucket.com/albums/r...t/100_1244.jpg
http://i495.photobucket.com/albums/r...t/100_1245.jpg
http://i495.photobucket.com/albums/r...t/100_1246.jpg
Nice work Matt, thanks for posting the pics !
Cheers,
MontanaMoose
OK, I finally got the 4 size 6 RECoil RSF guides in and decided to put them on before heading to work yesterday. So with that done, I got home this morning and put the finish on the wraps, loaded it in the drying rack, and now I'm waiting the customary 24 to 48 hours for it to dry. As soon as it's done I'll have some more pics and then hopefully this weekend I'll get a chance to get out to the Swift River for some fishing, as my challenge to myself this year is to fish freshwater with this one rod all year long.
Matt
http://i495.photobucket.com/albums/r...t/100_1251.jpg
http://i495.photobucket.com/albums/r...t/100_1249.jpg
Here's a photo of my rod on the drying setup. Got to love Painter's Tape.
http://i495.photobucket.com/albums/r...t/100_1252.jpg
And the ever crowded rod cabinet. I'm going to have to build another one of these for the custom made rods pretty soon. :D