it is finished…my first…a 7-0 3/4wt bamboo built on a Mark Fitch blank. It is a modified F.E. Thomas taper with swelled butt
It has a strubble uplocking nickel silver reel seat with a zebra wood insert…strubble half wells which I modified the upper portion giving it a slight rounding
it has olive green silk wraps with antique gold tipping
It has black nickel silver snake guides, tiptop, and a black nickel agate stripping guide
Thank you all for all your help and advice in building this rod…I believe I may have to stream test this beauty tomorrow.
Beautiful, absolutely beautiful! Awaiting your report on its fishability tomorrow.
Your first :shock: You are really talented. Now your gonna have to figger out how to keep the rest from Mama :lol:
Great looking rod and great looking fish to go with it. Good thing you made sure there was no skunk on that new rod. Would be a shame to have it fishless.
This prism stimi you spoke of? Recipe?
REE
REE…look a prism hatch
Hook: Orvis 122J size 16
Thread: Orvis Orange 6/0
Tail: Natural coastal deer
Body: dark olive prism antron dubbing
Ribbing: gold wire
Body hackle : brown
Wing: bleached deer hair
Throax: yellow prism antron dubbing
Throax hackle: grizzly
