RBF: Got bored again.
After seeing Steves drying cabinet, and the fact that I need a permenant place to do my finish work I made a drier of my own. A little different but here is what I came up with. Two light bulbs for |
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RBF: Feedback on Wraps, What I Did Wrong
I finished my first rod build last week and it was a great learning experience. I think I caught the bug and can't wait to start my next build. I had a problem though when finishing my wraps. I had |
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RBF: Question on cork sanding
Getting ready to start building a spinning rod on a flyrod blank and have a question regarding sanding the cork handles.Typically these rods were built just like a flyrod but with regular spinning gui |
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RBF: This could be revolutionary....
While at the Denver Fly Fishing Show last Saturday, I got a chance to talk with Brian of Clear Cure Goo. A while back, he had been working on a version of CCG to use as a rod finish but had set it as |
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RBF: surf rod guide wraps
i think i read a topic about what size threat you use to wrap guides on surf rods here but cant find it...anyway im talking surf rod here here something rated up to 4oz 6oz 10oz etc... not a light tac |
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RBF: my new cap and ring reel seats
just finished up some of my new reel seats and hardware,the inserts are Or,walnut with a gun stock finish that is sanded in and hand rubbed,the hardware is made from deep drawn 18% nickel silver and f |
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RBF: Intermediate wraps
Hello All,I've been lurking on here for a while reading through the huge amount of info that is on this site but now have a couple of questions for the bamboo experts.I'm fixing up my grandfather's ol |
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RBF: Steffen s-glass 10 weight build
About time I posted a build - here's my first of 2012. A pre christmas splurge finally landed a Mark Steffen S glass blank on my worktable. Rather than his much admired and still coveted 7'9" #3/4 I |
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First popper build
Here is are pics of my first try withWapsi perfect popper bodies after 6 coats of paint and finish. Stipples popper, smokin price, and the cream have inspired me. Still a lot to learn though! |
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Tacky Epoxy
Blaine
My experience is that rod epoxy is more fickle than other epoxies when it comes to getting the measurements exactly equal. I built a rod that came out with tacky finish. I remixed and put an |
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RBF: epoxy lines
How do you get those perfect lines on the wraps when finishing?I have tried using tape but the finish allways seeps under somehow![b]Reply to topic here http://www.rodbuildingforum.com/index.php?showt |
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RBF: varnish problem
I've started using Helmsman Spar Urethane in my dip tube and the rod turned out really nice. A week later testing the finish i was able to peel the varnish of a flat not good. perfectly clean blank |
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RBF: 4' hand wrapper jig
ROD WRAPPING JIGAfter browsing through several rod building catalogs and websites, I looked at 2 foot wrapping jigs and 4 foot units as well and decided on a 4' plan. I figured out what I wanted in a |
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RBF: First Coat of Finish
I'm in the process of building my first flyrod and applied my first coat of Flex Coat Lite this morning. Applied two coats of Flex Cost color preserver prior to applying the finish. Let the CP dry ov |
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RBF: My handle so far.
Here is my handle so far for the float rod (and first rod I've ever built) I've been doing. I sanded it down using my makeshift lathe. I'm looking for some feed back for how I'm doing so far. Also won |
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Some more congo hair stuff and other randoms!
Don't get many calls for Deceivers these days, with one exception... Whatever size and color you choose, start with fairly wide, webby, saddles and match them three on a side with the curve inward |
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HELP!!!
i always start tinsel at the eye of the hook and wrap to the bend and then back to the eye for the smoothest tinsel body
but the way hans may have done it in the 2 sprites at the top of that link, he |
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FTF Fly Challenge: Foam
Foam Yellow Sally no hackle
[IMG]http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af65/tonymyers21/PC070001.jpg[/IMG]
Hook: Std dry fly #12 to #16
Thread: yellow 6/0
Body: 1mm yellow foam trimmed about match stick |
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January 2012: Flies from the Vise
since my kit arrived a few days ago I decided to get to work....so I went out this morning and bought a few supplies. After a bit of practice whip finishing etc I got tying. nothing serious but came u |
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Cementing Heads
Not my idea -- Richard Strolis does it on his videos a lot -- and it makes sense to me. While the thread is still dangling prior to the whip finish, saturate the portion right against the head with Ha |
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Supreme Bendbacks
Nice work, they should catch fish wherever you fish them. Remember one thing about Bendbacks, though.... Like Chico Fernandez pointed out all those years ago when he first came out with a bendback pa |
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RBF: Forhan lock
Looking at some of the different concept size 6-5.5 there is not the "barb" to help keep the foot from silpping the thread. I have been practicing the Forhan lock and have it down pretty well. I seem |
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For those who tie "TINY"...
i use 8/0 for breathers on buzzers. 2 wraps of thread and slide the bead over the butt ends. wrap the thread over the bead and finish tying the fly.
if you look at the chart on the website it gives y |
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Palmer chenille Streamer
materials:
I used a # 2 TMC 600 SP
White Ep
Ep Sparkle Pearl
Saltwater Flashbou (Lateral Line)
Kristal Flash Gold
Palmer Chenille Pearl MIDDLE
Wire Danville 6 / 0
eyes 6mm
Preparation:
Secure the hoo |
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RBF: RedRod
I was trying to go for a retro/70's style gaudy look, and I think I achieved it.This was my first attempt at painting a rod with an airbrush. This is transparent red over metallic silver.It was a che |
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bucktails
bucktails are real simple to me. you start a good length from the eye of the hook, and youll become used to where you want to start tying in your bucktail.
heres some tips i would have liked to had wh |
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RBF: Batson RX6 Clear Gloss Finish (Color?)
Does anyone know what color the Batson rx6 is? I am looking specifically at the 6' UL Spin rod blank number SP-721-2. The color is listed as "Clear Gloss Finish". I cant seem to find a picture of one |
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RBF: FINAL PRODUCT ON FIRST BUILD
Here is the finished product on my first build. It's a six foot ultra light with a split grip configuration. I did a black thread coverup to redo the inscription and it turned out ok in the end. I d |
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004/109 Bead Head Prince
Looks like you are off to good start, you'll come across small problems (like the wire ribs being too loose) and you'll learn from them. My only suggestion is don't switch from fly pattern |
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How to get started in fly tying
Here is my advise. This is one of those things that you will constantly be paying for, but most of it will last a long time. To get started there are some bare minimums tool wise.
1. Vise- There are |
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New on the block
When I started tying almost 2 years ago, Youtube became (and still is) a valuable resource. I'm a visual learner, and watching a video on how to whip finish a couple of times helped me learn. I |
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First fly recommendations
Check out the elk/deer hair caddis. This was my first fly. Wrap dubbing or opal tinsel for a body, then palmer(wrap hackle from the rear towards the front behind the eye leaving room for a wing of de |
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FlySlinger's Caddis Puppa
[quote name='23Trout' timestamp='1325148682' post='487538']
Looks great, I would love to see instructions so I could give it a go.
[/quote] HI 23 Trout Not to much to this |
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Weekly Fly Tying Contest #4
Ok. here's a classic pattern from "Tying Flies with Jack Dennis and Friends" that I have been playing around with.
Parachute Midge Emerger
Hook: Tiemco 2488 #16
Thread: UTC GSP white 50 |
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My new rod drying cabinet
One thing I have been meaning to do for years and years now was to build a rod drying box. It helps not only to keep dust out of the finish, but also when you have to ship an impatient customers rod A |
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RBF: My new Drying box
One thing I have been meaning to do for years and years now was to build a rod drying box. It helps not only to keep dust out of the finish, but also when you have to ship an impatient customers rod A |
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RBF: A very special Christmas rod
This is a rod I have been working on for the past couple weeks between customer rods. It's a Christmas gift for my 17 yr old nephew Cody. You guys know me I like to think outside the box, well this on |
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A very special Christmas rod
It's a technique called marbling. You mask off the rod and paint the area under that all white. Then you put a coat of clear finish over the area, then while the finish is wet you take and lay out |
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RBF: Cork grips
I'm just wondering if anybody uses anything to treat cork grips. Would applying some type of absorbing finish increase the life of the grip? Most older rods I have seen always seem like the grips aren |
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wtb LAW VICE
you mean to tell me a $3000 vise has pockets machined into the jaws as a crutch to compensate for inadequate hook holding power??? By the way, it is against the LAW to use slips of paper |
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Learn Fly Tying at Your Own Pace
Hello Everyone, I am writing this message to announce that myself and a friend have created a new channel on Youtube.
The name of the channel is FlyTyingMadeEasy and we are going to be placing at lea |
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RBF: Gatti Real Seat Dimensions
Howdy guys, been a long time since my last post. Does anyone know the hood dimensions of Gatti real seat hardware? Not sure if there are different models, but this reel seat is on a 5 weight rod and |
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RBF: Two questions...
Being impatient on my first build, I opted not to use a winding check at the top of my cork seeing as how I was ready for it but it hadn't been ordered. Now I am wondering how I can finish off at the |
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Killer Crawfish SBS
I made this pattern up because I wanted to have another use for the 105 meters of jamieson's shetland spindrift sand color other than the killer bug, so I created this simple crawfish pattern. It |
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Trip to the Keys
Tide is right on the money.... I forget at times that what I take for granted may not be very apparent in a photo... so here's a quick recipe... The first step is to wind on a single layer of thre |
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wireworms
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Looks Great. Do you use floss for the yellow or is that wire also? Thanks
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I use a hard as nails finish |
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RBF: 9', 4pc, #5 Military Rod
Anyone getting tired of these? Hope not. This one is on an American Tackle Black Matrix blank with an American Tackle UL5 skeleton. The seat and wood accents on the grip are Lignum Vitae. Green bur |
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RBF: First build progress
Here are a couple images from my first build in progress. This is a six foot ultra light I'm working on for my step father. It's been fun so far and I'm already thinking about the next one. I was i |
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RBF: Cursed NFC build
I'm building a NFC to submit to the ARB Program. The blank I chose was a small freshwater model.First problem was that the OD of the butt is 0.22". All of my grip material is 0.25" bore. I creative |
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dubbing needle
After the needle came out of the handle of my bodkin I decided to make myself three of different lengths and diameter
for different tying purposes.
[img]http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii123/Braud |
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RBF: Pro Kote Question
Hey guys I have been a way for a while since my wife said no more personal rods. But a lady at my church was really wanting a rod for her husband for Christmas and they do so much at our church. Im d |
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RBF: A Special MHX Spin rod
Bob wanted a hand in making a special rod for one of his boys for Christmas, he came up with some nice grips and seat on a MHX blank so I provided the thread wrapping/finish work and I think together |
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That's a funny looking fly rod!
Well it's not a fly rod
A friend wanted a hand in making a special rod for one of his boys for Christmas, he came up with some nice grips and seat on a MHX blank so I provided the thread wrappi |
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RBF: Drying Temp and Time
I'm planning a test run on my work in progress of a dip tube, practicing on an old vintage bamboo blank I have been playing around with recently. Unfortunately I still have not built a drying cabinet |
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Help Ring Neck Pheasant skin prep.
[quote name='riffleriversteelheadslayer' timestamp='1323462274' post='485243']
for those that read this in the future a simple trick for getting the fat off of bird skins is to |
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RBF: Feather Inlay Question
I have done a few already but this feather presents a problem I'm sure others have encounteredI am going to use Black and White Barred Wood Duck feathers for an Inlay... Its on a Matte finish RX7 . |
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Japanned Hooks
I am just wondering how to figure out if a hook has a japanned finish on it. I know there are different ways to blacken hooks but I have no experience in this area. I bought some Partridge blind eye h |
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Last woodworking project
Finally finished my last wood working project. I made the tool cady out of ultimate ambrosia maple. Had some problems with the finish and had to redue it more times than I wanted too. This will be |
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Photographing Flies Help
I have to agree that it sounds mostly like you need to switch to macro mode. But it will require a rest for your camera (tripod) as movement is magnified in macro mode. Also, macro mode usually shut |
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holographic tinsel
Good luck with that. Buddy of mine bought a ton of that stuff one Christmas and it started degrading in about a year. It weakened to the point you couldn't really tie with it any more, and the f |
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