Building a 7wt.

[MontanaMoose]

Well I waited and waited for just the right blank and
now I've gathered together everything I need to build
my 2pc. 7wt. I wanted a green blank and read about the
American Tackle blanks so I thought I'd give
one a try. There's a whole bunch more to the
story that I'll relate during the build but for
starters here are the goodies. The blank is
called 'Green Matrix', the reel seat and fighting
butt are by Struble. Of course the thread is Gudebrod
and the rest is Pac Bay.



In a day or two I'll have a pic of the glued up cork rings and another
of some tools and the wrapper I've been using for going on 30 years.

Cheers,

MontanaMoose

[Eric-WD]

If you added some gold yellow thread to it, that rod would make a duck fan salivate.

Make sure to post pictures of the build

Eric

[ET custom flyrods]

Familiar with all the goodies MM......this ought to be interesting to see the progress and final product..........keep em comin!.............Ed

[MontanaMoose]

Eric, you'll like this...I was going for
the whole 'Ducks' theme with this build
only I don't want to put anything yellow
on the blank. Wait till you see pics of the
reel, backing and flyline I already have for
it though...yer gonna salivate for sure !

Smernsky, so you've used the AmTack Matrix
blanks already? Din't know anyone had here
'cept that one builder that doesn't come around
anymore. He's the one got me interested in
them in the first place.

Should have glued up cork and wrapper pics
posted sometime today.

Cheers,

MontanaMoose

[ET custom flyrods]

MM....yep, have used both the black and the green..........nice blanks.

[MontanaMoose]

Thanks Smernsky, it's encouraging knowing
a builder of your calibre has built on these
blanks. I'm looking forward to using it on the
local fish in this neck of the woods.

Ok, here's a pic of the corks:



Here's a couple of my wrapper...been using this
since about 1980...it replaced the coat hanger
wrapper I used before deciding I'd keep building:





Story about why I'm making two corks to follow...kinda interesting what all took place.

Cheers,

MontanaMoose

[Lotech]

Hey George,
I sent you a PM. Maybe an email.

[ducksterman]

MM...re: the head magnifier...I wouldn't be without mine....I do not tie without it.....go to Harbor Freight ...they are practically free there especially with coupon...

HHHmmm..I just looked up HF...they don't list the one I have ...these may be even better.....

http://search.harborfreight.com/cpis...fier&Submit=Go

[MontanaMoose]

Thanks ducksterman, well it's not so much that
I can't see close...when I take my glasses off I'm fine...
it's just that focusing on one thing like that for a while
dries my eyes because for some reason I don't remember to blink.

Now I do things like that in short bursts...tying four flies is about
enough at one time, working on the fly rod will usually be no more
than half to one hour for gluing and shaping, wrapping one or two at
a time. Funny thing about the photography though, that doesn't seem
to bother me at all and I can do that for hours...taking a hundred pics to
get 6, things like that.

Thanks for the linkage though, I checked it out and they have
some simple and cheap magnifiers and lights !

Cheers,

MontanaMoose

MM...re: the head magnifier...I wouldn't be without mine....I do not tie without it.....go to Harbor Freight ...they are practically free there especially with coupon...

HHHmmm..I just looked up HF...they don't list the one I have ...these may be even better.....

http://search.harborfreight.com/cpis...fier&Submit=Go

[TyroneFly]

MM,

Thanks for taking the time to dumb it down. I look forward to your progress reports.