Continuation of the 2pc 6'6" BROWN unsanded fiberglass 3wt Fly Rod

I was out of fly top for this rod and had to put on hold till it arrived. And finally, it's completed.

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Replacing EVA grip and reel seat for spinning rod

Simple and straight forward task.

Remove old grip and reel seat. Clean up the blank to receive new EVA grip and reel seat. Originally it was a normal reel seat setup but change to split grip setup with carbon effect vinyl inlay.

Original condition

Hypalon fore grip , rear grip and reel seat removed. Epoxy residue removed.

Install new EVA split grip and reel seat

Carbon effect vinyl inlay

Completed face lift of spinning reel seat and split grip.

2 piece 6'6" 3wt BROWN fiberglass fly rod

I picked up something new on the rodbuilding forum recently, actually 2. The Olive branch wrap and also the dragon scale wrap invented by Jim Trelikes.

Since the dragon scale wrap is for bigger rod, I will start off with the Olive branch wrap to my fly rods. Without looking on the "how to's", I have no idea how they are able to make that design by just wrapping the threads.
After going through some step-by-step lessons online, I just have to wrap that on my rod.

I did the  Olive branch wrap to the hook keeps and the ferrules area.

There is a few more wrappings to do before the epoxy process.

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