Showing posts with label 5wt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 5wt. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 5, 2016

The RED SAGE wannabe..

This is a 9' 5wt 4 section red blank. The color is quite similar to SAGE fly rod in red.



The components used are also similar to SAGE. Full wells Grade AAA cork grip and anodized black uplocking aluminum reel seat with a little fighting butt at the bottom.


Hybrid graphite arbors for the reel seat.



Testing fitting the handle.



ALPS titanium zirconium strip guides and REC snake guides.



A closer look at the titanium guide



I used RED nylon thread to give the similar looks as the SAGE rod. The epoxy finished thread will be slightly translucent and the guide foot will be seen after epoxy.



Rod decal was not available and as per request, hand cribble will do...



Completed product...






























Friday, December 28, 2012

The RUSTY 5wt

The one was another fly rod I have built in November this year. It is a e-glass fly rod blank, 2pc at 7'6" rated at 5wt.

Just manages to capture a few photos during the process..

Brown wrapping with gold trimming





Brown agate stripping




The brown wrapping darken after epoxy making the gold trimming more outstanding.




Epoxy process



The handle




The completed rod.