Nah! There's still almost two weeks before the completion date.
Nah! There's still almost two weeks before the completion date.
Trouts don't live in ugly places.
A friend is not who knows you the longest, but the one who came and never left your side.
Don't look back, we ain't goin' that way.
Black Co...I hope everything clears up on the home front! I am finishing up my rods this weekend, so don't feel like you're the only one with an unfinished rod. The more I tinker with this rod, the more I wish I had gotten a spare blank. I think I am going to build another one within the next year. Fun build! Thanks Kaboom for hosting. I will post photos shortly.
black_co - I'm still varnishing the wraps on mine. With my rod dryer motor giving up the ghost last night, and being gone this weekend, I will be bringing up the rear with you. So don't sweat it.
Fini!! At long last it is done. Spent a ton of time on it and guess what... it still isn't perfect! But not to bad for $35 or so. Everything oldschool... Fenwick style grip, spigot ferrule, dipped with 3 coats of spar polyurethane (I'll let you figure out how I accomplished that... hee hee!), and a wrap pattern based after the old Wanigas and Phillipson rods. My tried and true color preserver finally let me down (not sure why) and there are some small partial bleed throughs (oh well). Spar on the wraps and then all rubbed down and polished to knock down the gloss a bit and even everything out. Before coating the wraps I took it out and cast it and thought it was a dandy 4 wt, no heavier, and could possibly carry a 3 wt, but didn't try it. I will cast it once more tomorrow after work. All in all a fun, yet time consuming build. I would gladly keep this rod for myself, but I'm sure Mr. Sherrick won't let me do that. I hope whoever gets it enjoys it. Here are the photos.
Jim;
That makes me wish that my dog had ate mine!! Wish I had a dog to feed it to.
Nice looking rod Jim. Would not expect any less from you.
Looks like we are down to 4 not finished with 1 week to go....Time is running short guys. Forget the taxes and build rods.
Brad
wraps are done....first application of finish is rotating....may put on the second coat before I go to bed
btw....what are you guys using to mark (write) on your rods?
Last edited by cholcomb13; 04-08-2009 at 04:56 PM. Reason: applied finish
Sometimes a crowd can be the loneliest place
Jim - great looking rod. I wrapped my rod with a nearly identical color (Pearsals antique gold), but my wraps don't look nearly as elegant as yours. Great build!
marker
Will a sharpie work for writing on the rod? Advice?
Sometimes a crowd can be the loneliest place
Any number of things can be used for writing on the rods; india ink, acrylic paints, gel pens ... would imagine a sharpie would work, too. JUST make sure it is dry before applying the finish! <no, you don't want to know how I know that!!>
Trouts don't live in ugly places.
A friend is not who knows you the longest, but the one who came and never left your side.
Don't look back, we ain't goin' that way.
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