First week of striped bass fishing in 2020, under COVID-19.
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Sunday, May 17, 2020
Monday, May 11, 2020
Retrograph "Sightcast" 906-4
Fresh off the bench...the black rod! The blank was made by CD rods. Stealthy looking streamer rod, medium fast action, syncork grip, Fuji seat, Pac Bay TiCH guides. Built for rugged use in saltwater. It will make a nice sight-casting fly rod for schoolie stripers near my house.
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Thursday, May 7, 2020
Syncork Grip Completed
I am not in love with this material. It is hard to work with and it doesn't look that great. However it is very durable.
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Tuesday, April 14, 2020
Syncork Grip
Laying out a grip to be turned out of Syncork rings. This is an interesting material I obtained and used way back, while living in St. Paul, MN. I still have few rings left and will be using them for the upcoming Retrograph "Sightcast" 9' 6wt.
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Saturday, April 4, 2020
Sunday, September 22, 2019
Retrospective
Current builds (on the left) vs old builds from twenty years ago (on the right.) Those were built in 1999, on G. Loomis Mega-taper saltwater fly rod blanks. Caught plenty of fish, but still in pretty good shape.
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Tuesday, September 17, 2019
North Fork Gamma Beta F990-4
My most recent build, an allaround graphite fly rod for Northeast saltwater. An excellent choice for albacore fishing...
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