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 chocolate brown, to match the wood burl... The ferrule/accent wraps are olive YLI silk.

I am currently out of 804-4 blanks. If you are interested in 8'3" 4/5wt, I still have some blanks left.


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Sunday, July 2, 2017

Driftless Fishing and Paradox 734

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Little para taper boo-glass hybrid proved itself again in Driftless. It was raining quite a bit and streams were discolored. I had to search for fishable water, but was rewarded with beautiful wild browns. Paradox 734 handled them with aplomb and I ended up fishing it exclusively. I posted few more pics from the trip in my other blog.

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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 Dave Skok. Dave took those during the prototype rod-testing, in Fall 2015.

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Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Friday, May 26, 2017

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 hardware and guides, rust guide wraps, and clear ferrule wraps with single black trim at the cork check. The custom rod sock is made (as always) by my better half.

I tried taking pictures under changing light... The rod is available for sale (just scroll below or click on Available Rods button on the top.)

 
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