Not nightmares in building the rod--it was easy and fun -- just really bad dreams at night! My buddy Ralph and I finished up our rods yesterday at the local fly shop -- signed them, put the final epoxy coat on, put them on the drying motors, and flamed the new epoxy. They are beautiful!

But Ralph's nightmare was that his rod had crept laterally from the drying motor, and every one of his guide wraps had been unravelled into a rat's nest by the hangars. MY nightmare was that during the night, the drying motor had suddenly increased from 18 RPM to 18,000 RPM, spearing the graphite bits of my rod into the ceiling.

Fortunately, a quick call down the fly shop today eased our fears. They shut off the motors this morning, and our rods are looking good! We'll be picking them up tomorrow, and I'll shoot some pics and post them here.

DANBOB