Showing posts with label Old Empire Glass. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Old Empire Glass. Show all posts
Saturday, August 10, 2019
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
Friday, June 8, 2018
Fiberglass and Serbian Brown Trout
I am back from my European journey...Some of the trip photos are posted here:
http://musicarskikafe.blogspot.com/2018/06/wild-brown-trout-serbia.html
Thursday, April 21, 2016
"Old Empire" Semi-Para Taper
I have just completed this rod on the very last "Old Empire" semi-parabolic blank. This limited series of blanks (10 rods in total) were designed to emulate Paul Young's Perfectionist taper in fiberglass.
The rod features lychee burl reel seat spacer with blued hardware, hook-keeper and guides, brown wraps with pale yellow single-turn inlays at the cork check and the stripping guide. I usually don't place hook-keepers on my rods, but it was done as a special request by the customer.
Tuesday, December 8, 2015
The Forgotten Build
I finished this rod a couple of months ago for a friend in Canada, took photos of it, but forgot to post them. A classic looking build on my "Old Empire" semi-para taper with cigar grip and cap and ring seat. The spacer is spalted maple. Wraps are done in medium brown silk with small spiral wrap in red/silver jasper thread by the inscription.
Sunday, July 26, 2015
Short Story About Two Three-Weights
Back in 2007 I built this little Lamiglas 7' 3wt 4pc rod. I wrote about it in this post in my other blog. With the little help of Facebook, I was able to find its current owner, Vladimir Petrovic, who fishes it happily today on various streams in Serbia and other parts of the Balkans. The pictures of Vladimir and little Lamiglas were taken on Serbian river Gradac by Dragan Jovanovic, who was kind enough to let me use his photos for this post. The Gradac is full of beautiful browns and also holds some native grayling. Judging by the grin on Vladimir's face, it seems that he is thoroughly enjoying the old Lami.
Fast-forwarding to the present time, I have just completed the last semi-para 7'6" 3wt blank from the last year's batch of blanks. As you can see from the photos below, this is a Garrison-inspired build. I wonder where will its future owner fish it eight or ten years from now?
Sunday, March 22, 2015
Saturday, November 22, 2014
The Last "Old Empire" Build of 2014: Unstructured 7'6" 3wt Glass Fly Rod #1214
7'6" 3wt 4pc Fiberglass Fly Rod, SOLD
Semi-para taper. The rod features mini full wells grip, handcrafted burgundy micarta/rust burl reel seat, blued nickel silver double slip ring hardware, and blued Snake Brand guides with matching stripper/tip top. Wraps are burgundy, and the tippings are done in dark wine silk, which turns almost black when finished. Custom tailored rod bag and dark green aluminum tube round out the package.
Friday, September 26, 2014
Unstructured "Old Empire" Glass Fly Rod #1114
7'6" 3wt 4pc Fiberglass Fly Rod, SOLD
Semi-para taper. The rod features cigar grip, handcrafted rust micarta/brown burl reel seat, blued nickel silver cap and ring hardware, and blued Snake Brand guides with matching stripper/tip top. Wraps are cinnamon silk, which turned deep brown/red when finished. Custom tailored rod bag and dark green aluminum tube round out the package.
Sunday, September 14, 2014
Catching Up 2
In between recent glass rod orders (top photo), I just completed a graphite stick for myself, for the upcoming trip to Martha's Vineyard. Meet the retro-futuristic fly rod, Euthynnus 9' 10wt 4pc...a rod dedicated to little tunny/false albacore (Euthynnus aletterattus.)
Friday, August 22, 2014
Tuesday, August 5, 2014
Driftless Glass
I just got back from the Driftless area, fishing extensively with both of my 7'6" #3 and 8' #4 glass rods. Both rods did very well, with the longer rod being more versatile in open, prairie sections of the streams, and shorter one providing that extra touch for small flies. For more photos of rods in action from this trip, see my blog posts here and here.
