Showing posts with label Unstructured Glass. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Unstructured Glass. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 29, 2024

Saturday, December 9, 2023

3wts: Old and New

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My two 3wt rods: the new 5113-4 vs. old Unstructured 743-3. The longer rod was a prototype which unfortunately didn't make the regular Unstructured Series in 2014. It is a superb taper for smaller water, heftier and slower than the new, short 5113-4. However, the 5113-4 is a med-fast taper, so light,...
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Thursday, June 8, 2023

Thursday, April 27, 2023

Tuesday, April 11, 2023

Thursday, May 5, 2022

Milenkovic Parabolic Smuggler-style Fiberglass Fly Rod, 7' 4wt 5pc

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Suitcase-ready fly rod in brown translucent fiberglass. Parabolic taper, featuring original NOS Pezon et Michel aluminum hardware, zebrawood spacer, Powell grip, hard chrome snakes and carbide stripper. Guide wraps are maroon with brown ferrule windin...
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Wednesday, May 4, 2022

Saturday, August 10, 2019

Sunday, March 3, 2019

Trout Glass Rods or "The Magnificent Seven"

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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...
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Friday, June 8, 2018

Saturday, April 7, 2018

More Feedback

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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...
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Thursday, March 22, 2018

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Friday, December 22, 2017

Monday, September 4, 2017

"Antiquary Edition" Unstructured Fiberglass 835-4 (#4/5)

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   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...
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Tuesday, August 22, 2017

Wednesday, August 16, 2017

"The French Edition" Unstructured Glass 804-4

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I have just completed a rod for a customer in France. It is my standard build with a Powell-style flor grip, blued Snake Brand snakes, and Midrum Belmar-type carbide stripping guide. The reel seat is a dual sliding band with walnut burl spacer, oxidized to match the guides. The guide wraps are...
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Sunday, June 4, 2017

Big Guns-Conquistador Glass Fly Rods

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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...
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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...
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Saturday, May 6, 2017