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Zenkoanhead		#181	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1360 08/14/2008 09:47	A Mark Fitch Purist blank shortened at the butt 2 1/2 inches to create a staggered ferrule, 7'3" 4/5 weight. Fitch built blank, I only finished it out. A surprisingly delicate cast. You would swear it was a 3 weight, tops. With the 16 foot front taper of the Snowbee delicate presentation line, there is only the disturbance of the fly hitting the water. However, the rod really begins to load at 30-40 feet and will easily cast as far as any rod I own. Don
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rlnunleycom		#182	[url]	[-]
Posts: 276 08/15/2008 18:43	Well, almost... This rod gets it's final coat of varnish next week and goes out to the customer when the final coat is cured. Pictures aren't great... cell phones just don't get it for good graphics, but they're handy to carry around the shop. This one is just a plain jane rod, one of my Classic series with a nice reel seat wood and rattan handle. It's an 8 foot 2 piece 5 wt. It will easily cast a full fly line, but it casts tippet only very well also. The reel seat is Amboyna Burl, rubbed with about a dozen hand rubbed coats of linseed oil then dip finished with 3 very thin coats of spar varnish. Again, the cell phone picture doesn't do it justice. This reel seat looks like it's dipped in glass and the hardware is mirror bright finished. The reel seat hardware and ferrules are made in my shop. The 4mm stripped cane handle has a red silk accent thread in the groove to compliment the guide and ferrule wraps. No fancy signature wraps on this one... just a plain trim wrap just in front of the start of the swelled butt. The winding check is also made in my shop. The swell in the butt section is more prevalent than my little cell phone picture shows. It swells 0.085" in 1.75". The guides and tip tops are black wrapped with Chinese red and three turn black tipping. The tips are, of course, book matched. The guide wraps are very consistent. I count the wraps on each guide as I wind it in place. Each size guide has a particular number of turns of thread. No pictures of this, but this rod comes with a standard aluminum tube and bag (tan light canvas) and a red velour tube bag to protect the rod tube. Well, this one was fun, but wait a couple of weeks and I'll post pre-shipping pictures of czkids 6' 3 pc 3 wt with way too many intermediates for one bottle of aspirin! I'm tempted to keep czkid's rod! Or at least make him wait until SRG to pick it up so I can play with it a little! Bob R.L. Nunley Rodmaker
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thousandstar		#183	[url]	[-]
Posts: 60 08/23/2008 09:04	Very nice, you make a great looking rod.
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thegubster	Nice job Bob.	#184	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1337 08/23/2008 21:21	You must have a very good cell phone 'cause those pics are nice! Jeremy.
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Idar3	my fourth	#185	[url]	[-]
Posts: 11 08/26/2008 05:27	First, thanks to everyone for inspiring me through posting examples of your work. Number four: 7'10" based on Young's Perfectionist. I'll be testing her in the mountains this weekend, I hope... All the best Idar Last Edited By: Idar3 08/26/2008 09:38. Edited 1 time.
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fisheye444	ferrule wraps	#186	[url]	[-]
Posts: 55 08/26/2008 16:40	interesting wrap design on the ferrules. Is that your own creation or influenced from someone else?
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rlnunleycom		#187	[url]	[-]
Posts: 288 08/26/2008 17:49	Here are two more I'm just about to finish. The first one belongs to one of our board members. 6' 3/2 3 wt. There's something I didn't do on this that's going to push it out another week... anybody spot it???? GLARING screwup, or ommission. I didn't see it until I brought it home today to make the rod bag for it. Anyways, here's rod #1 The reel seat is made in my shop, with an Amboyna filler... love that wood!!! Though it's hard to see in the photo, the red wraps on this rod are tipped in 4 turns of antique gold, with no color preserver. (This COULD have something to do with the photographer!!!) The rod has 5 ea, 4 turn intermediate wraps between each guide wrap. The intermediates on the butt section are on exactly one inch spacing, measured from the butt end of the rod, for accurately measuring fish. OK, here's rod #2... sometimes you make a rod, and it's so much more enjoyable than anything you've done in a long time. Well, this was that rod. Even though it's not a fly rod, but a bait caster, it is my middle son, Tyler's 21st birthday present. It's what he wanted, so I dove in and made it. The reel seat is just a plain Pac Bay baitcasting reel seat. He wanted clear wraps and red tipping, so he got it. I don't know if you can see it in the pictures or not, but the ferrules are waisted, somewhat similar to the older style Leonard ferrules. A little bit different placing of the microgroove, but still, a bit of a Leonard fashion. It's a 6' bait caster and it will sling a Jitterbug a LONG ways! I can't wait to get back to Oklahoma and take him fishing! It still needs a little cleaning up and one more coat of varnish, but it's getting close! The butt cap is Nickel silver... basically one of my caps for my cap and ring reel seats, just blued to blend with the reel seat. You might be able to make out the cut in waist in the ferrule here... I can't but I don't have my reading glass on, so.... There's that great photography of mine again!!! A little blurry, but I think you can make out the cut in waist in the ferrule... I LOVE that style of ferrule. Here are the clear wraps... Let me tell you, doing clear wraps on these HUGE footed bait casting guides is a bit more of a challenge than doing them on snake guides... LOTS of places for the air to hide! Just a view of the butt section. It has quite a large swell in it. It really pushes the power up the rod. Well, that's all for now. I'm tired and in dire need of a shower. It was hot in the shop today!!! Bob R.L. Nunley Rodmaker
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Idar3	Ferrule wraps	#188	[url]	[-]
Posts: 12 08/26/2008 18:57	Fisheye, I guess it's my own design, kind of... I initially wanted to wrap my ferrules ala Winston, or rather as I've seen Chris Carlin do it. But wasn't able/had the patience to lay the thread evenly over the little "dips" on the ferrule. So I left a gap... Might just make it my signature, though Idar
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Joe Arguello	7'9" 3 pc.	#189	[url]	[-]
Posts: 126 09/05/2008 23:03	Well here is my latest effort, I wish I was a better photographer but this is the best I can do for now. Thanks for looking, Joe E. Arguello When it's all said and done, there's always more said than done! www.jea-bamboo-flyrods.com Last Edited By: Joe Arguello 09/10/2008 06:41. Edited 4 times.
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rlnunleycom		#190	[url]	[-]
Posts: 304 09/06/2008 02:11	Joe, Great job. I really like how well the wrap colors match the agate guide. Good choice and excellent application. Bob R.L. Nunley Rodmaker
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Joe Arguello	Update!	#191	[url]	[-]
Posts: 128 09/08/2008 21:21	Thanks Bob, I re-did the photos so they show the colors a little better. The guide wraps are a light tan tipped with brown and the ferule and signature wraps are a darker brown yet, the reel seat is burl maple, still have to work on my photography. Joe When it's all said and done, there's always more said than done! www.jea-bamboo-flyrods.com
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stephen kiley		#192	[url]	[-]
Posts: 280 09/09/2008 11:26	great job very nice fit and finish ,looking forward to seeing more of your work ,steve
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jeffpope	MADE a new rod lately?	#193	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1 09/22/2008 23:30	Just finished restoring a South Bend Cross #30 with 92 ornamental and intermediate wraps, Finished and sold a Paul Young Para-15 from the culm, restored a Heddon (7"3wt - unknown model) and I'm currently working on a South Bend 1500. Getting ready for Bird season with my Brittany Kate. Have a good Fall. Jeff
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bbamboo		#194	[url]	[-]
Posts: 100 09/26/2008 14:18	At last finished Casts like a dream, A real power house of a rod. Gary www.nichobamboorods.com
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Joe Arguello	Classic!	#195	[url]	[-]
Posts: 141 09/26/2008 14:29	Good job very classic looking. Joe When it's all said and done, there's always more said than done! www.jea-bamboo-flyrods.com
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bbamboo		#196	[url]	[-]
Posts: 101 09/26/2008 15:32	Thanks Joe You do a great job as well. Fantastic Gary www.nichobamboorods.com
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greendrake ll		#197	[url]	[-]
Posts: 864 09/26/2008 16:40	Very nice Gary! The fact that it's a Dickerson makes it even nicer in my book.....Will
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greendrake ll	My first blond	#198	[url]	[-]
Posts: 865 09/26/2008 17:10	All of the rods I've built up to this point have been either flamed or browntoned( ammonia toned),and that is still the look I like best.I had some unusually blemish free strips so I decided this one would be a honey colored blond as I don't care for the light straw colored look.In fact,I only own 1 blond and that was one that I didn't make.It was a blank I bought earlier this year from Dennis Stone( Tapermaker) which is a great rod by the way.This one is the stretched version(7') of the 6'8" F E Thomas 3wt.The only 3wt I've ever met that really does it for me.I was so pleased with the way this rod turned out I took it to the MidAtlantic outing in Western Maryland 2 weeks ago despite the fact that it only had the 1st coat of varnish on it.My daughter stopped by yesterday and like all good photographers,she always has her digital SLR in the vehicle.Just my luck! Now I didn't have to drive up to her home in Pa. to get photos done.It had been in the drying cabinet for 72 hours (now wearing its' 2nd coat of varnish) so I took it out long enough for her to do her thing.The cork grip looks darker than it really is as the reelseat and last 2 cork rings were in the sunlight,but the rest of the grip was in the shade.Marty(Horsesho) allowed as that it was nice looking work.Andre and Matt both fell in love with the grip which was just a 5 1/2" cigar shape that I slimmed down in the front half,and they both really liked the way it cast which made me feel pretty good about my efforts on this one.Hope you like it.
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Gosland		#199	[url]	[-]
Posts: 28 09/26/2008 18:51	Will, that is a nice looking rod and the taper sounds interesting. I am a big fan of 3 weight rods and like a little bit longer of a length which is why this sounds interesting to me. How did you get the taper to 7' ?
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bbamboo		#200	[url]	[-]
Posts: 102 09/26/2008 19:09	Nice work Will. I am a big fan of 3wt. Gary
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