Pilot project - LAMIGLAS - Skeet Reese series

While waiting for the reel seat for my #6 bamboo rod, I decide to kick off my pilot project - fiberglass casting rod.  I purchased this blank from Mudhole.. yup the biggest fishing rod components supplier in the State.
This 7' long fiberglass rod blank has a line weight of 8~20lb and got a 'BIG' butt.. 0.775" in diameter, that is almost 19.7mm. I ordered all the components for this rod as well.

I shorten this blank slightly. Took away 3" to make the butt slightly smaller.
I have just fitted the cork grips and the reel seat on the blank. Yet to glue it up. Still got so much more to do..

and SuCH...........

Today I have decide to make my blog title longer......."and SucH"
What the heck is that??? Well, I am doing something more than just bamboo rods...

I make bamboo fly rods and I building fiberglass fly rods as well.. but now, there is something new...
YES... new...  Casting rod.. I have never build one of those. The weaving looks complicated and I am not going to do that.

I am thinking just to build a decent looking casting rod. My pilot project would be a Lamiglas fiberglass casting rod.

Interesting..........................

DIY Cork grip

I have got some balance cork rings from Marcia over eBay sometime back. His products are priced reasonable. I got most of the cork rings from him.
I manage to lathed a cork grip in the evening..

Modified full wells grip..

Fly Guides to bamboo #6

Just dug out a few packs of black colored  fly guides from my drawer this morning as I was searching for some for this rod. I can't remember when I got it but it was there for quite awhile. Dust was already accumulated on its' packing. It's BSNG fly guides which I got from Mudhole many many months ago.

Well, got those and started wrapping. I used Gudebrod Classic Twist Black/Yellow for wrapping and tipped it with black thread. Don't know they named it black/yellow... but it sure don't looked black/yellow to me. Looks more like black/green.

Applied a coat of color preserver on top of the wrapping.

The last time I forget to applied color preserver of the classic twist Black/Yellow, it turned black/brown when I coated it with epoxy.

I finished the guides for the top section and I couldn't find a black tip top for it. ....


Damn.............. I think I need to buy a few of those soon.

Bamboo No 6

Completed my bamboo rod blank No 6 after working on it for a few weekends. Glad it came out okay but I ain't happy with the workmanship. I think I must have being lacking practising.. Gaps between the strips and bad ... bad ... big visible glue lines..!!!!!!!!!!! I thought I have sharpen the plane but I did not shapen my skill... 

I guess I can't do anything much on the glue lines. I just filled it up with some epoxy.

Other than that, the blank seems to be in good shape.

Another integrated bamboo ferrule construction.



 

The length of this blank is 6'10"