8 wt - 4 piece 7'3" --- Vercetti

noles · Post by **noles** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 8:03 am

Yes, its finally done. I apologize for the delay, got side tracked with moving into a new place last week. Took me a while to tracked down all my rod building supplies. Anyway, here's pictures of the rod:

Vercetti · Post by **Vercetti** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 8:25 am

Sweet, that looks real nice, thanks Noles.

Its on Monkey!

noles · Post by **noles** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 8:35 am

BTW, the thing casts beautifully! Just ask Chief1600; he wanted to test a rod before committing to a new 8 wt.

dunfly · Post by **dunfly** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 8:59 am

Did you turn the handle? I like the shape. At 7'3" did you build it on a spinning rod blank. I have a 7'6" 8wt that was built on a St. Croix SCII spinning rod blank. Casts nice, but a little short on the distance.

noles · Post by **noles** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 9:01 am

No, my lathe is out of commission (damage during moving) so the grip is full well from my vendor (Mudhole).

dunfly · Post by **dunfly** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 9:13 am

Is the shape fatter at the front, or is that just an optical illusion. From the picture is looks like a modified Ritz type grip.

Chief1600 · Post by **Chief1600** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 9:24 am

That thing does cast sweet. It was amazing to be able to lay out 40' of line without even trying. Light too!

JoeS · Post by **JoeS** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 11:46 am

Sweet............Good Luck with it Jon..........Nice Job Noles......

Blindmullet · Post by **Blindmullet** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 12:10 pm

Matrix blank? I was going to try one of those.....NICE!

noles · Post by **noles** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 11:05 am

Dunfly, it is a littl larger towards the top of the grip.

Blindmullet, yes it is the AMT matrix blank. It's a five piece that I dropped the bottom section to get the 7'3".

LivelyBaits · Post by **LivelyBaits** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 4:49 pm

Beautiful.

Looking forward to hearing about that rod in action Jon.

Neil

yohan1973 · Post by **yohan1973** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 10:08 am

noles wrote:Dunfly, it is a littl larger towards the top of the grip.

Blindmullet, yes it is the AMT matrix blank. It's a five piece that I dropped the bottom section to get the 7'3".

I can't find 5pc blanks in any of the matrix catalogues!
What's up with that?

noles · Post by **noles** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 12:24 pm

http://shop.mudhole.com/Shop-Our-Catalo ... rix-Series

Pirogue · Post by **Pirogue** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 5:49 pm

Why 7'3"?

I had a 7'6" 5 wt that I loved. One of the many fly rods I broke. It was great for little canals and places like that. Me thinks someone is going to be exploring.

Vercetti · Post by **Vercetti** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 5:32 pm

Pirogue wrote:Why 7'3"?

I had a 7'6" 5 wt that I loved. One of the many fly rods I broke. It was great for little canals and places like that. Me thinks someone is going to be exploring.

Bingo!