switch10 0 Report post Posted July 31, 2014 I've been building a lot of fly rods during the past year or so. This is my latest one, and I am pretty proud of it. It came out much better than I'd expected. I know this isn't the rodbuildingforum.com, but I thought you guys might like to see it too. This is an 8 foot, 7 piece 4 weight. Heres one of the weave pre-finish. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bryon Anderson 0 Report post Posted July 31, 2014 Nice work! Love the mayfly weave, very cool. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shoebop 0 Report post Posted August 1, 2014 An 8' 7pc? Is that a typo? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
switch10 0 Report post Posted August 1, 2014 An 8' 7pc? Is that a typo? No sir. I live in an area thats a major stop along the Pacific Crest Trail. There are also a ton of great day hikes to some pretty cool backcountry lakes that are loaded with fish. I've sold about 10 of these 7 piece rods in various weights in the past year alone. Don't let all the ferrules fool you, its still a relatively light, and very sensative rod. Most people that pick them up have know idea it packs down to a length of 15 inches. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
atxdiscgolfer 0 Report post Posted August 9, 2014 Nice work Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
feathers5 0 Report post Posted August 9, 2014 That is very cool. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joseph russell 0 Report post Posted August 9, 2014 Looks amazing Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
switch10 0 Report post Posted August 10, 2014 Thanks everyone. I sell my rods through my local shop, and this one didn't last long. Two days, and it was sold. They told me the first guy that picked it up bought it! Heres a few of the weave in progress. Not a simple process, but it looks awesome when it's finished! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tom Gibbons 0 Report post Posted November 8, 2014 very worthy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Piker20 0 Report post Posted November 8, 2014 Plenty of time going into those. Like the colour too. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dbrechin 0 Report post Posted November 8, 2014 Love that weave great job and a beautiful rod Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
williamhj 0 Report post Posted November 9, 2014 Unbelievable. Never tried a weave, truly takes skill! Thanks for posting the pictures. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
add147 0 Report post Posted November 9, 2014 A true work of art indeed!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bugsy 0 Report post Posted November 9, 2014 I am impressed. That little sucker even has legs. I take it you used a jig and a pattern? Not that those would be of any help to me. Children's ears couldn't come near me attempting that. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
switch10 0 Report post Posted November 16, 2014 I am impressed. That little sucker even has legs. I take it you used a jig and a pattern? Not that those would be of any help to me. Children's ears couldn't come near me attempting that. I used a Renzetti Wonder Jig, but people get by with just masking tape and crafty ways to count thread (every 5 are left long to easily count, etc.). As for the pattern, It was a photo I took that my girlfriend touched up for me, and then I transfered that to technical vellum using a transparent piece of graph paper. The setup work is much harder, tedious, and time consuming than doing the actual weave surprisingly. I'll probably end up putting this one (10' 4 weight) up for sale on this site when I get some time since the season ended yesterday out here. This was a floor model I had at my local shop. This rod sold me about 10 rods this summer! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
