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8 wt - 4 piece 7'3" --- Vercetti
Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 8:03 am
by noles
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:
Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 8:25 am
by Vercetti
Sweet, that looks real nice, thanks Noles.
Its on Monkey!
Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 8:35 am
by noles
BTW, the thing casts beautifully! Just ask Chief1600; he wanted to test a rod before committing to a new 8 wt.
Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 8:59 am
by dunfly
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.
Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 9:01 am
by noles
No, my lathe is out of commission (damage during moving) so the grip is full well from my vendor (Mudhole).
Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 9:13 am
by dunfly
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.
Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 9:24 am
by Chief1600
That thing does cast sweet. It was amazing to be able to lay out 40' of line without even trying. Light too!
Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 11:46 am
by JoeS
Sweet............Good Luck with it Jon..........Nice Job Noles......
Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 12:10 pm
by Blindmullet
Matrix blank? I was going to try one of those.....NICE!
Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 11:05 am
by noles
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".
Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 4:49 pm
by LivelyBaits
Beautiful.
Looking forward to hearing about that rod in action Jon.
Neil
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 10:08 am
by yohan1973
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?
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 12:24 pm
by noles
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 5:49 pm
by Pirogue
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.
Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 5:32 pm
by Vercetti
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!