Hunting & Fishing latest fly rod build
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I would like to see a video. I have a hard enough time trying to flies. Love the rods!
I would like to see a video. I have a hard enough time trying to flies. Love the rods!
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well, here is one of the three that i have to do this week, this is for my mother...who of all people has decided to take up fishing, who would have thunk. I built this off a CRB blank from Mudhole custom tackle out of Florida, set up as a no frills spinning rod 7foot medium action. should be a pretty good all round fishing rod.
well, here is one of the three that i have to do this week, this is for my mother...who of all people has decided to take up fishing, who would have thunk. I built this off a CRB blank from Mudhole custom tackle out of Florida, set up as a no frills spinning rod 7foot medium action. should be a pretty good all round fishing rod.
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Good looking stuff there Chris.
Can't waite to get my O.D. fly rod from ya.
Thanks,
Stu
Good looking stuff there Chris.
Can't waite to get my O.D. fly rod from ya.
Thanks,
Stu
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like i said before, I do this as an art form...the only thing is that my wife has mandated that i must not build any more for me (apparently 5 fly rods, 12 casting rods, and 4 spinning rods all of which she uses are just too many). so consequently I have taken to building for others.
like i said before, I do this as an art form...the only thing is that my wife has mandated that i must not build any more for me (apparently 5 fly rods, 12 casting rods, and 4 spinning rods all of which she uses are just too many). so consequently I have taken to building for others.
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Ya'll give this site a look over...Its a competetion to see who makes the nicest custom rods...I don't hold a candle to some, but if you guys wouldn't mind voting for me, its the green and gold one.
http://www.skifflife.com/32874/articles/tackle-gear/rod-wars-winter-2012/?album=2&gallery=2
Ya'll give this site a look over...Its a competetion to see who makes the nicest custom rods...I don't hold a candle to some, but if you guys wouldn't mind voting for me, its the green and gold one.
http://www.skifflife.com/32874/articles/tackle-gear/rod-wars-winter-2012/?album=2&gallery=2
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Great looking rods. I haven't taken my obsession to that level...yet. Only a matter of time.
Great looking rods. I haven't taken my obsession to that level...yet. Only a matter of time.
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Ok, been a while guys...having a son arrive takes out a lot of time. This is the latest that I am doing for a member on here Redman. Its a Temple Fork BVK 9ft 6wt and its getting all single foot guides. This is just the teaser pic.
Ok, been a while guys...having a son arrive takes out a lot of time. This is the latest that I am doing for a member on here Redman. Its a Temple Fork BVK 9ft 6wt and its getting all single foot guides. This is just the teaser pic.
I just started a new project. Going to be a metallic blue blank with blue camouflage split grips. It will have micro guides with neon green and metallic purple wraps. The reel seat is a blue ALPS brand aluminum piece. I'll put some pictures up soon
cmh2007, I am just north of you in Hockley. Next time you want to go scare up some reds with a fly, let me know & we'll hook up.
Well folks, here is the finished product or parts of it. I don't have a whole picture, but this one I did a spiral wrap where the guides start on top and end on the bottom, makes for a rod that fights fish like a spinning rod with the small guide size of a bait caster and the power of a bait caster
now for the latest project for a good friend of mine. Its starting out with an MHX 783 fast blank in white. soon as he decides it will either have graphite grey, black or metallic purple as the main wraps, and then electric blue trim wraps with chrome guides and nanolite inserts. The fancy on this rod will be marbling like on my latest rod, but I plan on waiting much longer into the curing process before applying color to the base coat so that it doesn't mix as much and is more swirl and stripe.
Nice rod building though.
