All Around Angler

While some of you have been flogging the rivers for winter steel (A commendable effort to say the least) I have taken what free time i can find to build a few sticks that i have been meaning to get to.

This is a 9 foot 4 weight that i just finished for my uncle.  He is recently retired and is super excited to take up fly fishing.  This was supposed to be a Christmas gift but what can i say it is only a hobby.  I did give him the reel at Christmas with a couple hand tied bugs just to get him excited.

 I stayed true with incorporating “three lines” as often as possible.  The white lines you see are actually three lines and when assembled there are three wraps located at the ferrules – two on top (pictured above) and one underneath.

 I also like to try something new with most builds for family (ie bark grip on Nookslayer’s 4wt) so on this stick i turned a corn cob as the reel seat and filled it with putty.  This picture just does not do it justice.

Next rod is already started – as a favor for a friend i am going to finish a build he had started.  It is a 10 weight TFO that he plans on using for chasing Chum.  He has requested OSU colors so I’m sure that the orange on the black blank will realy pop.

Then maybe i will find some time to get at three blanks i have at home that i had planned to build for myself.  Yea right. 

Also on a side note my retired uncle is a master machinist and upon receiving his reel he decided that it may be fun to make some of his own.  You know im on the short list for a custom built fly reel that i helped design.

Meskel

AKA Che Guevara