Owen
28-06-2009, 03:52 PM
Here is my latest rod.
A Hastings GUSA C704DHX
The foregrip is snapper skin purchased from Mermaid Leather (http://www.mermaidleather.com/). They also do Barra skins, Shark & Stingray etc.
Alps SS guides top it off.
Tuna chasing flying fish weave is 88 x 191 - 9 layers done in Madeira.
I tried something a little different by using two wrap threads. A green madeira beside the gudebrod white & silver tri-mar. I was trying to achieve a tiger like effect. On reflection a darker colour may have been better. It did of course lengthen the weave, so an "A" or even "C" design thread would have been better for the proportions of the tuna, but this blank wasn't big enough so I left it as is.
A Hastings GUSA C704DHX
The foregrip is snapper skin purchased from Mermaid Leather (http://www.mermaidleather.com/). They also do Barra skins, Shark & Stingray etc.
Alps SS guides top it off.
Tuna chasing flying fish weave is 88 x 191 - 9 layers done in Madeira.
I tried something a little different by using two wrap threads. A green madeira beside the gudebrod white & silver tri-mar. I was trying to achieve a tiger like effect. On reflection a darker colour may have been better. It did of course lengthen the weave, so an "A" or even "C" design thread would have been better for the proportions of the tuna, but this blank wasn't big enough so I left it as is.