This is a small snippet of rods I built for saltwater flyfishing. Certainly very far from the complete list of my builds, but these are few of the creations I use and enjoy on daily basis. They are all a part of my current fly rod collection. Each rod has so many stories to tell... &nb...
Showing posts with label Conquistador. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Conquistador. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 8, 2025
Thursday, December 19, 2024
Completed New Saltwater 8wt Graphite Fly Rod
The new rod is completed. Slightly faster than my old trusty 8wt...(I made a side by side photo.) It will be a nice stick for stripers, bonito and albies!Ritz composite/cork grip, Fuji seat, EVA butt, non-tangle black strippers and TiCH single foots. Carbon grey wraps with red silk tippi...
Friday, November 22, 2024
Fiberglass 6wt - Streamer Special
Just completed... This is an 8'6" 6wt streamer and sight-casting fiberglass rod. Medium-fast taper, S glass, 4-piece. Light in the hand, with excellent power in the butt. Downlocking saltwater aluminum body/composite hood seat, Struble rubber button, black EVA Wells grip and tiered check. Single foot...
Friday, November 15, 2024
New Streamer/Sightcasting Fiberglass 6wt Rod
New/old work in progress... Glass streamer/sight-casting rod in 8'6" #6 configuration. Pictured with my Conquistador 868/9-4. You will notice a similarity, and also some differences. Both made from the original batch of green blanks, just different shad...
Sunday, May 17, 2020
Sunday, September 22, 2019
Retrospective
Current builds (on the left) vs old builds from twenty years ago (on the right.) Those were built in 1999, on G. Loomis Mega-taper saltwater fly rod blanks. Caught plenty of fish, but still in pretty good shape.
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Friday, December 22, 2017
Sunday, June 4, 2017
Big Guns-Conquistador Glass Fly Rods
The saltwater season in New England is under full swing and it is time to dust off the big guns. Conquistador Glass tapers (L to R): 9' 10wt, 9' 9wt, 8'6" 8/9wt. I am contemplating building another batch of Conquistadors, so stay tuned. Photos of striped bass (top) and myself courtesy of...
Thursday, November 19, 2015
Tuesday, September 29, 2015
Saturday, September 19, 2015
Conquistator Taper meets False Albacore
Just got back from Martha's Vineyard, chasing false albacore with my Conquistador 9wt and 10wt prototypes. Modern big glass fly rods are lots of fun with fast and strong fish, and also very forgiving for jetty angling. I posted few more photos from the trip in my other bl...
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
Unstructured Fiberglass 2015 Rods
After a long wait, the 2015 blanks are here! I will offer a limited number of following models for this year:
8' 4wt 4pc (watercress green glass) - This is the same taper which started the Unstructured Glass series...a "do everything" spring creek rod. This year it is offered in translucent light...