It sports pale yellow Clover silk wraps/rust accents, dark Ti-snake guides, short Garrison grip, homemade rust colored micarta spacer and NOS Struble aluminum cap and ring, for lightness. Super deft and precise, easy casting 3wt. Length is 5'11". (Pictured below with Hardy Featherweight and Forbes Aerial reels, for scale/comparison.)
Showing posts with label Dry Fly Taper. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dry Fly Taper. Show all posts
Sunday, December 3, 2023
Wednesday, November 15, 2023
Handle For Small Stream 3wt Glass
Written by flyfishingunlimited
on 2:08 PM
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Saturday, August 10, 2019
Glass Rods and Brown Trout, Serbia
Written by flyfishingunlimited
on 3:50 PM
in Dry Fly Taper, Freshwater, Old Empire Glass, S-Glass, Serbia, Trout, Unstructured Glass
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Thursday, March 28, 2019
Short Story About Two 6-footers (Part 1)
Written by flyfishingunlimited
on 8:59 AM
in Dry Fly Taper, Freshwater, Grayling, Trout
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I have been working on two 6-footers recently. This is the first of the two builds, a 6' 3/4wt just completed on the imported 3pc blank. Pretty much a standard build, with ventilated 5.5" Ritz grip and a downlocking seat. The little rod has a quick, dry fly action.
Sunday, March 3, 2019
Trout Glass Rods or "The Magnificent Seven"
My personal collection of currently used trout glass or hybrid glass/bamboo rods, L to R:
6'6" orange S-glass 3/4wt 3pc, quick dry fly
7'3" Paradox Hybrid phenolic glass/bamboo 4wt 2/2, parabolic
7'4" Unstructured Prototype E-glass 3/4wt 3pc, med-fast progressive
7'6" orange S-glass 4/5wt 3pc, quick dry fly and streamer
7'6" Unstructured "Old Empire" E-glass 3wt 4pc, semi-parabolic
8'1" Hybrid phenolic/S-glass 3wt 5pc, dry fly fast parabolic, regressive butt taper
8'2" (250cm) Unstructured Prototype E-glass 4.5wt 4pc, dry fly progressive
Tuesday, June 26, 2018
Milenkovic 813-5 DF: Phenolic/S-glass Hybrid 8'1" 3wt 5pc
Written by flyfishingunlimited
on 9:07 AM
in 5 piece, Dry Fly Taper, Phenolic/S Hybrid, S-Glass
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This is my latest build, a Hybrid-construction 5pc pack rod, which utilizes phenolic fiberglass butt section and S-glass for the rest of the rod. Using this approach, I was able to significantly slim down the butt section (thicker walls), and achieve linear to regressive taper in the butt: something you don't see very often among contemporary glass rods. The rod has a very fine tip (under 4/64ths), while thin butt section transmits the feel into the casting hand really well. The color among blank sections was adjusted to achieve a flamed-cane look and blend well together.
The rods dampens as good as any glass of modern construction or better, as any "dry fly" designated taper should! I used the tip-over ferrules for lightest possible weight. Thin wire blued snakes, blued Mildrum Belmar-style stripper, Powell-inspired flor handle and reel seat w/figured maple spacer. The thread wraps are in brown silk with tan accents.
Monday, June 13, 2016
Off to Driftless...
Written by flyfishingunlimited
on 2:34 PM
in Bamboo-Glass Hybrid, Driftless, Dry Fly Taper, Fiberglass Blanks, Fiberglass Ferrule, Graphite, Handles, Paradox Fly Rod, Prototypes, Retrograph, Trout, Unstructured Glass
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For some testing of Paradox 734. Will pack a couple of more 4wt rods for comparison and change of pace. L to R: Paradox 734, Retrograph 904-4 and DF 250-4.5-4
Monday, September 7, 2015
Back From Rod Testing Lab
Here's the obligatory rod/fish photo from my trip. For more photos of Driftless Area limestone streams see my latest photo essay.
Monday, August 31, 2015
Gone Fishing!
Written by flyfishingunlimited
on 11:52 AM
in Driftless, Dry Fly Taper, Fiberglass Blanks, Prototypes, Unstructured Glass
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I've just finished a rod for personal use. The blank is a Dry Fly taper prototype (250cm #4.5) based on my 8'3" #5. This one-off build features uplocking sliding band with tobacco fiberglass insert, ventilated Ritz grip and all titanium hardware. Guides are thin wire Recoils. I'll be fishing it on Driftless spring creeks later this week.