The 'maroon' blank travels 420 km to reach me.. Yes, 420 km from Langkawi island to Puchong.
Not sure of the origin of this blank, but it's a 4 section graphite blank with fast action and rated at 5wt according to the owner of the blank.
Handle set up for this fly rod. Full wells cork grip, down locking reel seat with burl wood insert and the EVA bottom fighting butt.
Standard snake guides
Nylon 'scarlet' thread for the wrapping.
Wrapping of the stripping guide before epoxy.
This is how it look after epoxy. I must say the 'scarlet' thread really goes well with this blank.
Completed the guide wrapping pending epoxy.
Done with the epoxy
And finally, seal up the cork handle
This another EPIC job I picked up earlier and completing it before my 4 days break to the highlands.
It' a 3 section EPIC glass, 7'6" 3wt.
A very simple built with straight cork grip and standard guides.
Stacked cork rings for the grip.
Standard snake guides and stripping guide.
The first cork grip didn't really turn out nice and I had to do another. If I cannot accept the quality of the shaping, I don't think my friend would accept it either.
The sliding band reel seat and cork grip being put together.
Wrapping of stripping guide with brown nylon thread. My friend wanted the wrappings black and I told him , no worries. It will turn black... well almost black when I am done with it.
The wrapping after epoxy.
The completed rod.
Giving a vintage rod a NEW lease of life...
The condition of the rod is not really that bad. Existing wrapping to guides are loose and giving way, stripping guides wrapping was redo with a different color thread and the cork grip was about to come off.
The butt cap was removed to clear the loose particles in the rod.
All the guides was stripped including the cork grip and cleaned thoroughly.
Choosing the shades of brown.
Sample wrapping ala Vintage style. Pending epoxy.
Wrapping to snake guides done and a thin layer of epoxy applied.
The cork grip was reinstall and a coat of cork sealant was applied.
Later a final epoxy is applied.
Done and it look great...
