Building my third rod now. Tyng flies might be a little cheaper than the rods ,but what the heck.
Rick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 7:38 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] Rods a rollin' > Tom, > You have that incurable disease. Just like FlyTying , there is no remedy. > Tony > > Tom Davenport wrote: > > > > > I've got my third rod built in the last three weeks rotating as I > > write. So far i have had no epoxy problems (knock on wood). I am > > using Dura-gloss this time, and I really like it. > > > > This third rod is a keeper. I had a friend turn the wooden spacer for > > the reel seat out of a piece of Apricot wood from a tree growing the > > back yard of my house, and put the reel seat on a Mahogany colored > > Loomis GL3 blank. I used a tan-brown thread and added copper > > metallic accents. The thread has darkened to almost the exact color > > of the blank, creating the illusion that the wraps are clear and the > > guides are held on by the strand of copper (I suspect the thread will > > be visible in bright sunlight.) I used titanium single food guides > > (sorry Tony). > > > > The first rod built was built from a blank I got on eBay sold as an > > unidentified "Lamiglass second", but the butt diameter, color and > > action match up perfectly with their IM-700 blank, which sells for > > $175.00. Since I only paid $30.00, I got a heck of a deal. The blank > > is dark green/ black, and I wrapped the guides with green thread and > > blue metallic highlights . > > > > The second rod was built from an Elkhorn 6 wt blank that I got from > > an friend whose flyshop went under. He sold it for next to nothing. I > > chose a beautiful Black Walnut burl reelseat, and wrapped with dark > > maroon thread with gold metallic highlights. > > > > > > I'll probably sell the Lami-glass and Elkhorn on eBay recover my > > costs, since I made them primarily for practice. With such great > > deals on the blanks and it won't take much to get my money back. > > > > I have a Gatti blank on the way, and am going to re-do my Scott, and > > that should wrap up my winter rod building (unless I find some more > > great deals on blanks) > > > > Tom Davenport > > > > >
