As per the good advise from this board I am almost finished with my first rod. It is a 9' 5 wt Forcast. Overall it looks good and I am excited to cast it.

The one problem I am having is that some of the epoxy on the thread wraps finished rough and look like there are 3 or 4 grains of sand on some of the wraps. Almost like sand paper with just a few grains of sand. I took my time and burned off the thread hairs, so I don't think thats it. It doesn't look like air bubbles when mangnified. I blew thru a straw to get the bubbles out and these are very small. I wonder if static could be attracting dust.

Any ideas?