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Well there is still a lot more to do such as - Pre-hung door built into the aquarium wall covered with 3D rocks so the door is not noticeable, wood threshold strip between the two rooms, finishing...

Thanks Charlaine. I will be stocking the tank with Peacock and Hap cichlids. The hap species will get to 10-16" on some of them. I actually did consider putting trout in it, but after some research...

Been working tonight on adding detail to the rock wall now. In the words of Axle Rose....Welcome to the jungle!
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Thanks Warren.

Starting to install the ceiling now. You'll notice I changed the stain color, the first one was a bit too redish for me. I like the cabin/lodge/rustic look of this one now.
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No idea what it's worth, but reels like that at the very least are very nice "decor" for the man cave so even if you don;t get it working use it for some nice vintage fly fishing decor :)

Steve

This one is about to make the Journey overseas to the UK. It's a Quickline 907-4 with Spalted maple seat (coated in Threadmaster finish) BUL5 hardware, Custom grip, Pac Bay Minima SF guides, Scarlet...

Been trying to juggle rod orders and office build along with yard work and other things, could use about 10 more hours in each day it seems, but have got some more done on the office/tank this week....

This one is the latest off the bench.

Blank- Batson RX6 907-4
Seat- Amtak Carbon Fiber
Grip- Custom turned exotic corks hand buffed with poly clear coat
Wraps - Dark Blue (CP only on...

I made this for the new office build and thought you guys might enjoy seeing it. Last week while at my cabin on a fishing trip I was picking up some of the downed trees and limbs that came down over...

The blisters on my hands and the sore feet say "No more yard work for awhile!" ;)

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After spending about 8 hrs per day out in the yard the past three days I can finally say it's pretty much done for the summer now. Put up the new wood fence in both corners of the yard now with some...

Not much done, but now that I'm back from fishing I did work a bit on the lower part of the wall tonight.
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Hit my cabin on the Au Sable over the past few days for steelhead. There were some fish in the river but warm weather and crowds made the steelhead bite tough. So we switched to trout in the upper...

Hit 80F here in Michigan today. Last week this time I was sitting at a Tigers baseball game in Comerica park while it was 31F and snowing. Gotta love Michigan:???:

It's a coat button from Joanne fabrics. They don't always have nice ones that will work on rods but I usually stop in once per month to see what they have and every once in awhile they will have...

Quickline is the name of the series that they are, the manufacture is Pacific Bay. I get all mine from Karen at Bingham Enterprises. IMO they are one of the nicest blanks out there, light, crisp tip...

This is a pair of matched rods for streamer fishing on the East coast. Blanks are Quickline series blanks which are really becoming one of my favorites due to being super light, very quick action...

This one is a 7'6" spin rod built on a 5wt Amtak classic series fly blank for a customer that fishes bass on Fontana Lake with live bait. Wraps are royal blue (no CP) metallic silver trim and natural...

Upper section is now done. Used two shades of gray followed by white highlights on the edges and raised portions. Have also started on the lower half as well.
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Manged to get the 3 rods I needed to get done finished over the weekend so that left me with pretty much the entire day to work on the office. Put another 12 hours straight in to it and got some good...

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Well got some major progress done today now. I'm dead tired from working on it all day long today. Probably won't get much more progress done now for a few days because I have about 4 rods to build...

Drain cover is now done. Added lower trim wood to it and a urethane finish to all the wood surfaces to give it a nice clear coat shine. The trout boarder came in earlier than expected so started...

Still have some trim work to do at the bottom but here is the rock/wood pillar I built to hide the drain pipe.
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