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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Steve on September 25, 2014, 07:08:34 PM

Title: Wanted to share this
Post by: Steve on September 25, 2014, 07:08:34 PM

I know some of you guys like Tony and Stan and I'm sure others on here are also big fisherman like myself so wanted to share this one here with you guys. As some of you know I run my own business building custom rods for a living. Lately I have been wanting to build just an absolutely insanely modified fly rod that would test my skills with all sorts of tricks and extras on it. Pretty much build with excess for no other reason than because I wanted too lol. So in between customer rods I've been building this fly rod. Everything on it is all hand turned and custom made, I hand made the grip with various 1/2" cork rings and blue foam accent rings (craft foam) then did 11 coats of polyurethane with each coat hand smoothed and buffed between the next coat. All the colors you see on the rod, the blue, silver, black is all wrapped thread with finish over it. used a piece of hand turned Lacewood for the reel seat, pretty much just wanted to build a show piece of a rod. So this is what I ended up with.

(http://imageshack.com/a/img631/7568/iATlU7.jpg)
(http://imageshack.com/a/img538/807/NwkYoh.jpg)
(http://imageshack.com/a/img661/6812/Khb5Qc.jpg)
(http://imageshack.com/a/img673/3762/87NexP.jpg)
(http://imageshack.com/a/img661/1989/igbMPs.jpg)
(http://imageshack.com/a/img538/7374/HWbgOp.jpg)
(http://imageshack.com/a/img661/2609/YvttsM.jpg)
(http://imageshack.com/a/img673/1475/mHGlpY.jpg)
(http://imageshack.com/a/img538/3236/gjtxHE.jpg)
(http://imageshack.com/a/img661/7939/7y3cQw.jpg)
(http://imageshack.com/a/img661/2715/wIfj35.jpg)

Title: Re: Wanted to share this
Post by: Regalblue on September 25, 2014, 07:11:50 PM

Nice work!

Title: Re: Wanted to share this
Post by: Stan M. on September 25, 2014, 07:34:08 PM

That's a nice fly rod Steve!

Title: Re: Wanted to share this
Post by: lilscoots on September 25, 2014, 07:36:29 PM

It's beautiful.

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Post by: Mission Man on September 25, 2014, 08:08:54 PM

You do amazing work !!!!

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Post by: kodyboy on September 25, 2014, 08:21:27 PM

Very nice!

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Post by: Maize-N-Blue-D on September 26, 2014, 06:42:09 AM

Great craftsmanship, it will be hard not to use it....

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Post by: jcunningham0295 on September 26, 2014, 11:08:01 AM

Very nice fly rod Steve.

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Post by: Saulosi77 on September 26, 2014, 07:54:12 PM

Wow it's a real gem.  Looks great!

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Post by: GrizzlysDad on September 27, 2014, 04:20:50 AM

Artwork man, true artwork!!

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Post by: lohachata on September 27, 2014, 08:13:49 PM

Absolutely magnificient !!!!!!!! i would give my right nut for a rod like that....but then i would probably just give it away as a gift to someone that is as much a lover of fishing gear as i am but a whole lot younger.....lol

Title: Re: Wanted to share this
Post by: Steve on September 28, 2014, 09:11:38 PM

Thanks guys appreciate it

Title: Re: Wanted to share this
Post by: Stan M. on September 28, 2014, 09:34:35 PM

Not going to give my left nut. But was the price on this sweet rod?

Title: Re: Wanted to share this
Post by: Steve on September 29, 2014, 01:08:30 AM

Honestly Stan, very underpriced. $145. That's about $105 less than I normally get for this type, but I'm so backed up now with rods I've just been stickin them out there for big discounts since it's the end of the year.