Here is a rod that is all MINE! I leave this Friday for my 16 days to my cabin on the Au Sable and since I quit smoking almost 2 weeks ago I decided to put the money I had saved on not smoking towards something "worth while" so I used that money to pay for this blank.

This is a SCIV burgundy colored St Croix 9' 5wt 2pc blank. The reel seat is one of the new design style of window seats from American Tackle with a carbon fiber insert in it. Then I used the Alps printer to print out a "fish Bones" design and put that in the window of the seat and coated it with finish. I also "flipped" the fish bones image so that both sides have the fish facing forward when you look at it. The grip is rubberized cork ends with a mix of brown burl cork, 1/4" burnt cork, and some of Mudhole's dark mix exotic cork in both 1/4" and 1/2". I also coated the whole grip with UB40 cork sealer to make the colors of the cork pop better.

Main wraps are Gudebrod Classic Twist Red&Black (CP'ed) with single turn mettalic silver trim on both the inner and outer edges of the wraps as well as a single turn in the center of the wraps. Also has some white 5 turn trim on the inscription area, stripper guide, and ferule wrap only. Also did a long base layer of plain Garnet (CP'ed) under the ST Croix logo before I put down the logo.

Other details include a Knurled Nickle Silver winding check, a elk button trimmed down to fit the rear butt cap of the seat, and a 20" wrap measuring mark on the rod.











Steve