Rod Photo Page
These are pictures of rods I had on hand at the time or personal rods that I use daily. They're very representative of my work. As
of January 1, 2008, we will offer four grades of rods to our customers... The Impregnated Rod, The Classic, which, so far as style, is the same rod that I've been building for 25 years, the Signature, which will be a very nice rod with full intermediates and choice of rattan or burled hardwood handle and the Presentation, which will be a fully engraved Signature rod. We'll try to get pictures up of these rods as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience.
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This is one of my personal favorite rods. The birdseye maple handle and reelseat are cut from the same board. Though not highly figured, it definitely lends a unique elegance to this rod. Don't let the elegant appearance fool you. This 8' rod is fully capable of casting a streamer long, very long distances, yet delicate enough to cast leader only for close in fishing. |
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These are the wraps on the above rod. This picture is not at all representative of the color and clarity of the red wraps and 3 turn gossamer black tipping on this rod. The wraps are absolutely gapless and flawless. I had a customer in the shop comment that it didn't even look like thread on the guides, that it looked more like they were just suspended in clear red varnish. I'm working on another at this writing, that will be lightly flamed with an Amboyna Burl handle and reel seat. |
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This rod was a pure pleasure to craft. From the burl reel seat
to the rattan wrap grip with red silk in the grooves of the rattan, to the clear honey colored intermediates that cover
the length of the rod. Don't let the "windowdressing" deceive you. This little 7' 4 wt is a power house. |
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Here are the intermediates and red agate guide on the rattan handled rod pictured above. This rod is simply beautiful to look at and pure pleasure to cast. |
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The natural rattan wrap and red silk in the grooves were the choice of my wife, Rita. The rod also has well over 100 intermediate wraps that are only 3 winds wide. The thread I use for tipping is Pearsall's Gossamer, to my knowledge, the thinnest, finest silk available. The tipping done with this is almost half the width of tipping done with size 00 thread, the normal thread used by most makers for tipping. It's a 7' 4 wt with a lot of backbone. It had no problem whatsoever handling the fish Rita is pictured with on the "Fishing Cane" page. |
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Here is a picture of the stripping guide wraps and a couple of the intermediate wraps on Rita's Rod. Again, it's a fantastic casting little rod, that you can fish close or power out with muscle. |
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This medium tiger striped maple reel seat lends beauty and contrast to the
7' 4 wt rod it's mounted on. Again, the sliding band hardware is made in our shop. Each piece of hardware is made for
the rod it's going to be mounted on. I don't just sit down and make up a bunch of caps then rings, then cork checks. Each
one is custom fit to the reel seat filler that was made for that rod. |
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The wraps on this rod, are NOT done justice by this picture. They look
like red candy melted over the guide feet. The three turn wide black Gossamer tipping lends and understated elegance to this flamed rod. It's a gorgeous
rod that casts even better than it looks. |
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Again, the pictures just can't show the beauty of these wraps (it may be my photography skills more than anything else). This is the same 7' 4 wt picture above. |
time to time, so keep an eye on the page and see what shows up.
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