Small feather inlay

[Midwest Custom Fly Rods]

I'm not real big on feather inlays, done maybe a half doz of them over the years but not enough to really get into the crazy inlays some guys can do. Anyway have a customer that wanted a simple yet matching inlay on a steelhead switch rod I'm building for him so just did this inlay and got the first coat of finish over it last night. Nothing too fancy but just used a red hackle feather to match the rest of the rod, then a couple grizzly smaller ones spayed out at the base, then a 3 leaf clover of Jungle cock over the base.

[Greg F]

Nice. Let's see the rest of the rod. Is that one of the Batson grips? What kind of switch rod, Rainshadow?

[David Parker]

Very nice. The red feather certainly stands out here, for as a builder you never really know how it's going to turn out until the epoxy is completed do we?

[popperfly]

Looks really good to me and I would agree with David about the red feather certainly stands out

Very nice. The red feather certainly stands out here, for as a builder you never really know how it's going to turn out until the epoxy is completed do we?

[Midwest Custom Fly Rods]

Nice. Let's see the rest of the rod. Is that one of the Batson grips? What kind of switch rod, Rainshadow?

yep Batson grips. Its a Rainshadow 10'8" 7wt 4pc. Should be all done by the weekend so I'll post some pics soon as its done.

Steve

[JohnScott]

Really like that inlay, Steve.

John

[Lake Erie High Ball]

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