Well I guess us glass lovers couldn’t keep the secret to ourselves forever. Here is a few pics of the latest Lamiglas fly rod I’ve made for an over seas customer; a Gentleman who imo has exquisite taste in tackle and is a serious fan of the Lamiglas “honey” blanks.
All of the components and grip style were selected by the customer.
Pearsall’s Jasper thread and red banded Agate stripping guide.
There was some mist blowing in the air when I took the pics, so what looks like dust on the wraps is actually water/mist
Ferrule is wrapped with white thread…rust red spiraled over. The white silk thread turned water clear when the finish was applied.
REC nickel silver down locking reel seat with Box Elder spacer.
Hook keeper wrapped like the ferrules
I’m terrible at taking pictures of the whole rod but this is what she looks like.
While using the term “exquisite taste” and fiberglass so close together almost made me spill my dinner…that rod is one beautiful piece of work! My sincere compliments…
And yeah, I know I’m treading a thin line line here but please take it w/tongue in cheek…I’m just toying around.
Well, sorta…
Nevertheless, that’s a beautiful bit of rodmaking right there. All of it. You did a super job.
Gypsy…nice build. Orange and black…one of my favorite twists. PS your a heck of a lot better picture taker than me…wish I could get pics that clear. …Again Nice job…Ed
Thanks everyone. The thread is finished with Flex Coat epoxy. Jasper was color preserved first.
Jeremy it might surprise you to know that I build quite a few glass rods for some very serious bamboo fishers/collectors. In fact the bamboo guys are great because when they 1st cast a glass rod they say something like “omg it’s so slow…I love it”
Where a guy/gal who has been fishing graphite their whole lives might say “it’s so slow, probably can’t cast more than 50 feet with this thing”. But eventually the slow charm of glass rods wins them over.
Thanks again everyone. Crook33 I bet you fly rod will turn out just fine.
Gypsy is a pretty modest guy. Too modest so I’ll put it up- http://gypsyrodworks.com/
One of the best rod builders I’ve ever seen. He is meticulous in his work and puts a lot of thought in a build from the guides, wrap colors and color combinations, reel seats and grips.
Mark, once again another work of art.
(Post the McFarland you did with the 161 YLI silk wrappings.)
Ha! Thanks Mojo. Art? Well if we can call working with thread and glue art than I’m all for it! When our 5 year old daughter sees me wrapping a rod she never fails to remind me that they have thread and glue in kindergarten also. And their scissors are bigger than mine!
The McFarland with Granger Green wraps was a cool one to do.
Real nice looking work Gypsy. I like the color combo on the Mcfarland a lot. I meet Mike at the Expo last year and his blanks are just fantastic looking. I may have to try one of them for myself in the near future.
As Wayne and Garth would say “we are not worthy” Tell me that the writing is a decal and not actually written on in pen. If that’s hand written I’m really impressed. Haven’t seen penmanship like that since Sister Bernice tried to get us to do it in third grade.
