This one is one that the new owner wanted to keep all brown tones so its a Tiger eye 8’ 4wt 2pc walnut seat with some nice grain in it, BUL5 Nickle silver hardware. Guides are all “English Bronze” pac bay guides, rev half wells grip, Chestnut wraps with copper metallic trim and a Landmark aluminum tube to go with it.
Steve
Steve That is a very good looking tiger eye. I really like building these and they make a excellent rod to use. Staying with the brown as you have really compliments the rod. As usual this is one nice rod you have built.
Love that Tiger-Eye!
Kelly.
Another great looking custom Steve. Thanks for sharing , its an inspiration for the rest of us.
Great clean looking build there. Can you tell me where you are getting your decals for your rods. I build for my family & friends and have some seriously sloppy hand signed rods out there and would love to make them look more professional in the future…
Dan
gloucestermen I make all my own. A couple years ago I bought an Alps printer just for making rod decals. They don’t make Alps printers anymore but you can still find them on ebay. Most guys that are selling them on ebay know that rod builders use them though so the prices are not very cheap on them anymore when you can find one.
Steve
Thnx for the response, I guess I’ll look on flea bay and maybe get lucky!!
Dan
Very classy lookin’ rod Steve! i have a soft spot for brown blanks. Nice!!!
aa
Beautiful!! I do love the tiger eye rods … and your choice of colors, seat, and guides couldn’t have been any more on spot!! Thank you for sharing.
you can do inkjet and laser printer decals
Another great looking rod, Steve. For those who are familiar with the expression - doing it up brown !!
John
Hi Norm. I really wouldn’t suggest anyone making rod decals with inkjet printers. I tried it myself many different ways with inkjet printers before I finally broke down and bought my Alps and never could get satisfactory results. The main problem with inkjet ink is that it is actually transparent. So soon as you slide it off the paper onto a dark color/black blank it turned almost completely invisible on the rod.
Steve