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Showing posts with label Reel Seats. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Reel Seats. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Friday, April 26, 2024
Reel Seats
Working on two new light line glass rods, a 3wt and a 4wt. Here are the reel seats, partially done, both are uplocking. I will make small fighting butts for them, too. Pics of the finished rods are coming up so...
Saturday, June 17, 2023
Grip for Steffen 8' 6/7wt
In the works...Steffen 8' 6'7wt. Completed Ritz grip with NOS Struble U-22 reel seat and matching fighting butt. Reel seat insert is a phenolic fiberglass tubi...
Tuesday, April 11, 2023
Unstructured Glass Handle
I am working on a special project Unstructured Glass rod build after a long time. The Garrison-style handle and reel seat were completed last night. The pics of the finished rod coming up so...
Wednesday, May 4, 2022
Parabolic Fiberglass Fly Rod Handle
Parabolic light-line fiberglass fly rod handle, featuring Powell-style grip, and the original aluminum Pezon et Michel hardware. Zebrawood insert and flor cork. Stay tuned for the completed rod phot...
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...
Monday, February 4, 2019
Milenkovic "Antiquary Edition" CTS Quartz Golden Tea 804-4
Newly built fiberglass fly rod, with special antiquing touches. The blank was provided by the customer. To view larger format rod photos, right click to view in a separate window.
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Tuesday, December 18, 2018
Thursday, May 3, 2018
Color-Coded Saltwater Reel Seats
I'm getting ready to start some serious saltwater fly rod builds, each specifically designed for the particular purpose. As you can see, the reel seats will be color-coded. My preference for the salt will always be a Fuji seat, even though many fly anglers despise the looks of it. These modern versions...
Saturday, April 7, 2018
More Feedback
I just received these photos and an email from a customer:
Vlad, (sorry for my shaky
focus)
A perfect, beautiful old
Dingley reel w/a Pfoot reel foot. Notice how well it fits? Perfectly!!!!
Perfect radius, perfect color being a brass foot and a damned perfect feel!
An SA WF4F line...
Monday, September 4, 2017
"Antiquary Edition" Unstructured Fiberglass 835-4 (#4/5)
This is my latest build which rounds up the original Unstructured Fiberglass batch of blanks, made to my specifications. Out of the three tapers I offered in the past, this is my favorite taper to fish - a true allaround trout rod, which feels light and crisp with a 4wt line. If...
Tuesday, August 22, 2017
Tuesday, May 30, 2017
Reel Seat Weight (Metal vs Wood)
So what is heavier? Vintage all brass seat vs contemporary cap and ring nickel silver seat with wooden spacer (I used a Ray Lee stock seat as an example.)
The weight is in grams-very close indeed!
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Friday, May 26, 2017
Patinated Brass Reel Seat
I found an old metal cap and ring reel seat which I liked. After sanding off a thin chrome plating, I applied a brown patina for brass until I got the look I wanted. It will be used on one of my future builds...
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Sunday, May 21, 2017
Unstructured Fiberglass 804-4 "Orange & Green"
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I have just completed a build on one of the blanks from the 2015 batch, which I put away for personal use (I realized I had an extra blank.) The rod has a fishtail grip with a slender nose, home-made, oil finished orange micarta reel seat insert, blued Garrison-style...
Saturday, May 6, 2017
Close Match
Completed orange home-made micarta reel seat, ready for the green Unstructured glass build....
Saturday, July 26, 2014
Work in Progress
It is hard to maintain the rod building momentum during the summer, while the fishing season is at its peak. This rod is drying in between coats. I will be fishing the Driftless area in a few days and I am looking forward to i...
Friday, May 16, 2014
Unstructured Glass Fly Rod #0614 - The Euro Edition
I just completed this rod for a friend in Europe. It features Powell grip, split skeleton micarta/cork reel seat with oxidized hardware, caramel silk wraps with single turn red inlays, and bronze Snake Brand guides with matching stripper.
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