Forecast Rods

[Panman]

A few years back a fellow asked me what type of grip I liked. Even though I had wrapped several rods I had never built one from scratch. So I told the guy I had no idea what he was talking about. That led me to get interested in rod building. Some of my first efforts were on Forecast Blanks. I was more than pleasently surprised that such an inexpensive blank could produce a rod that was a real pleasure for me to cast.

With my wife passing I needed something to do to get my head screwed back on so I decided to build another Forecast rod using metallic thread. The colors are Royal Blue and Gold. I think they really go good with blanks color.

Here's a picture - sorry for the poor camera work.

Tim

[kbproctor]

Nice looking rod!

[dave potts]

Nice work. Forecast blanks make pretty nice rods for a good price. I've made a couple and have another on the drawing board.

Dave

[bikebum]

That looks really nice! That build looks a lot like what I would like to do for each of my boys 1st fly rods. Would it be ok of me to ask where you got that grip?

[Panman]

I got them on Ebay. Here is a link to the seller. Other than being a customer I don't know the fellow. As you look at the ones for sale please note that the cheaper ones have a reel seat but no grip. The ones I have bought were placed on a 5 wt rod with very little boring necessary.

Tim

http://myworld.ebay.com/cigarpen/

[billknepp]

Sorry to hear of your wifes passing tim, my heart goes out ya... Keepin busy will help for sure. nice work

[Thunderthumbs]

That looks great! I really like the handle. I made my wife a 5wt on a Batson blank, she LOVES how easy it is to cast. I would give them a thumbs up to anyone wanting to get started building something.

TT.