It has been a long time since I posted some rods. Here are two that went out lately. First was for the customers osn who just turned 18.
Blank: Pac Bay T2 F9054
Handle:core painted green Cf with...
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It has been a long time since I posted some rods. Here are two that went out lately. First was for the customers osn who just turned 18.
Blank: Pac Bay T2 F9054
Handle:core painted green Cf with...
I wrote that article for RodMaker mag on how I do my grips.
Have not posted much in awhile. I ahve been very busy between the "real" job,grandkids, rodbuilding and handle making. Here are som pics of a few different things going on.
1. the top and bottom...
This rod was built for a customer who contacted me about repairing a tip. The rod he brought in was a inexpensive Cabelas starter rod. Where the rod was broken and how, would have required a inner...
Yes I sell them to other builders both professional and hobbyists.
I have not posted anything in quite awhile, but due to recent back surgery, I find I have some time on my hands to do so. Here are some grips that went out to other builders or used on some of my...
thanks guys appreciate the nice words.
This is the third of these rods I have built but this one is a personal rod.
Blank is a 11' 6wt 4pc PacBay, with a Alps triangular reel seat and PacBay minnima guides. Thread is gudebrod black and...
Built this rod for a customer who moved to northern Idaho a few years back having been raised in Alaska neer Ft. Greely where his Dad worked on base as a civilian. The Blank is a PacBay 11' Quickline...
I have not posted a rod in quite awhile, but I built this rod for a benefit auction for an ex student with a rare bone cancer. Ashley is a 24 year old young woman who has had a rough go of it. She...
I get my antler from shed hunting in the winter and early spring. We pick up deer,elk and moose antler up here in northern Idaho.
Haven't posted much last couple of months so I tought I should put up a couple of rods. This one is a RX7 in emerald green with a mahogany and moose antler tipped handle. Reel seat is a BUL5 with...
I have been making a rod for a family derby the last few years, the Babin Family Derby or BFD. I always use a Utmost closeout blank for these rods as they want a inexpensive but good quality rod to...
I build a fair amount of these type of rods for people floating rivers in pontoon boats. In a pontoon boat you need to be able to pick the line up off the water and cast it back out with no false...
A rodbuilding friend told me about these Ebay blanks so I decided to get one to build. It is an 8' 5/6 wt clear blank. Reel seat is AmTak's window skeleton seat with the thread wrap showing through...
Thanks for the nice words, I appreciate it. I told the customer about Allen having green anodized reels for a reasonable cost and he was going to look into that. Something the Green Lantern or...
This rod might be a little over the top for some but was sure fun to build. Customer wanted bright,green and bling.
Blank-RX7 9' 4pc 5wt
Grip-Carbon fiber with bamboo and birch checkerboards...
This rod was built for both a shop in Montana and for myself to see if i could come up with a viable product. We have all seen the fly/spin combo before and the Daiwa executive being the old...
I think you would be suprised how well it casts a fly line. Using the ngc method or Goduster's use of a microwave guide you have rapid transition to straight line running guides. The old cone of...
I am currently working on one right now as outlined in Rodmaker mag. for a shop in Montana. The handle is carbon fiber with a size 16 grahite spin seat. Handle and reel seat are mounted on thin wall...
As always Steve,very nice. Really love the thread combination. Someone is going to be a happy camper.
This rod was built for an ex student and football pleayer I coached. David went on to the Air Force Academy and played football for them also. He is currently based in Colorado Springs. The blank...
mudhole sells it in 30' sections for a very reasonable price, Here is thelink
http://www.mudhole.com/Shop-Our-Catalog/Rod-Building-Supplies/Heat-Shrink-Tubing
The rod came out looking great! Glad I could help out on the grip. I learned alot trying mate up different materials to the CF,especially in the transition areas.
I also belong to rodbuildingforum.com and the builders took up the CFR cause. I believe it was 23 builders built rods to donate to this and this is my rod. We all built on a RX6 8' 4pc 5wt blank. The...