natedubay 0 Report post Posted May 4, 2013 Posting a few pics of some rods I did. First rod I made, this one was for my girlfriend. The rod supplies were in fact my birthday present, so that I could build her a rod... she was hesitant about this new hobby to say the least but now supports it. This is the base of the wrap and the winding check. Close up of the cree hackle stems and you can see the feathers that are the "leaves" of the flowers wrapping around the side. I did play with having dyed green feathers for the stem, but in the end liked the naturals better. Close up of flower petals. They are the impossibly small jungle cock nails you find up near the eyes on the skin, basically unusable for tying. Great for inlays. In the middle where the stems all meet, just laid some glitter crystals to cover it up and look like the center of the flower. Top of inlay, golden pheasant crest and tippet. The tipper really ghosts out on the dark background. Back side of rod view, flip up hook keeper. Here you can see the "glitter fade" up the rod blending into the rod color. After the inlay was done, she told me it needed more glitter, so here it is... And a rod I just finished for a 15 year old female cousin for this years trout opener... Close up shot of head of the bee, other rod section behind. Shot of the back of the bee, and the hook keeper. Close up of the flowers. Dyed lady amhearst crest for the flower body, amhearst and golden pheasant tippets for the pistils and stamen on the flowers. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riffleriversteelheadslayer 0 Report post Posted May 4, 2013 really cool inlay works Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
natedubay 0 Report post Posted May 4, 2013 Thanks, when I saw only one or two feathers inlaid, I just thought it was never enough... why not make it into a little picture instead of having a hackle and one jungle cock nail on it. I never really liked the weaves, but wanted to cover the whole butt section. That being said, I probably have as many man- hours in an inlay as it takes to do a weave. Getting the feathers to conform to such a small radius on the blank takes a trick or two... and often several feathers before one works. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DrVette 0 Report post Posted May 4, 2013 I think it is funny that as soon as i saw that hook keeper (and bee) i started thinking, What would a steamer-punk rod look like? I love the gothic look of that keeper. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Piker20 0 Report post Posted May 4, 2013 Yeah the metal work looks interesting. I do like the flowers, you could do bull rushes for a small stream rod etc. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikechell 0 Report post Posted May 5, 2013 Wow! That is some amazing and artistic work. Lucky girls, getting such pretty rods. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FlyFishin'Jam 0 Report post Posted May 5, 2013 quite creative indeed, i do like these. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
atxdiscgolfer 0 Report post Posted May 5, 2013 Wow, nice work just like all your flys. All of those look good but the first pic is the best in my opinion. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flywhiteguy 0 Report post Posted May 6, 2013 great work that must take alot of time to get the feathers to lay just right on the blank Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steeldrifter 0 Report post Posted May 7, 2013 Nate I did a feather inlay on one of my personal rods you may really like, but I don't want to steal your post with a pic. If you want to see it let me know I'll PM it to you. BTW- Nice work. Steve Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MsFieldNStream 0 Report post Posted May 11, 2013 Wow! Your work is fantastic! Your girlfriend is a lucky lady . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
