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Showing posts with label S-Glass. Show all posts
Showing posts with label S-Glass. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 11, 2025
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...
Tuesday, May 7, 2024
Two Trout Glass Rods
I just completed two prototypes. Both are 4pc models, with uplocking seats. One is a 5'11" 3wt, the other 7'5" 4wt. I am planning to fish the smaller rod on my trip to Europe next we...
Sunday, June 25, 2023
Steffen 8' 6/7wt
Steffen 8' 6/7wt, 3pc fly rod blank build, featuring flor Ritz grip turned on the blank, and Struble U22 reel seat hardware with integrated fighting butt. The insert is made of the matching fiberglass tubing. Guide wraps are made with jasper silk thread with rusty NCP accents on the butt and the tip...
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...
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...
Monday, February 18, 2019
Tuesday, February 12, 2019
Orange S-glass 7'6" 4/5wt 3pc
Just completed, on imported S-glass blank. Very crisp rod, ideal for most trout situations. Montagne-inspired split uplocking reel seat w/button, dark guides and burnt orange jasper thread wraps.
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Thursday, August 16, 2018
CTS Quartz 7'6" 3wt 3pc "Seaweed"
Just completed... The build features bronzed NS/tiger maple cap and ring seat, blued Snake Brand Universal guides with the matching blued yellow agate stripper, all wrapped in golden-olive silk. Signature wrap, stripper inlays and the tip-top wraps are sunburst thread, while the ferrule wraps are done...
Monday, July 16, 2018
Kaneglass-Flavored Short S-Glass 6'6" 4wt Fly Rod
I just completed this build on an imported 6'6" S-glass blank, since I was looking for a fast tapered blank for fishing particular streams. The resulting rod is quite quick for fiberglass and is perfect for confined places which hold larger trout. It features bronzed nickel silver hardware and guides,...
Tuesday, June 26, 2018
Milenkovic 813-5 DF: Phenolic/S-glass Hybrid 8'1" 3wt 5pc
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:...