wow - hearing from two of the finest tyers on the planet. *that's nice. *looks like we've kinda fallen off the map, eh?

jason - the rod is a south bend 59. *9ft. *3pc/2 tips. *not sure which lines it'll handle - we'll determine that once it is fully finished. *bass action whatever that is - cited to be stiffer than dry fly or trout action. *again whatever that means. *I've added a b/w agate stripping guide, the decal bracket wraps and claret tips to the (original) b/w jasper silk. *both tips had delam issues to repair.

I'm trying to stay busy. *this kinda project can be done indoors as opposed to the grunt work building a blank in the heatsink I call a workshop (read "garage"). * keep in touch gentlemen.