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Old fly rod
Wineslob:
--- Quote from: catsmtrods on January 04, 2013, 06:12:16 PM ---Son of a bitch! I bet you can't get spar varnish either? Are there no cane rodmakers in commiefornia?
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There's plenty of rod builders around here. You can get Spar Varnish (Man-O-War). Runs about $14 for an aerosol can. I decided on a Poly after reading how well it does. No fade/yellowing/flexible plus it's very tough. I fish (as you probably saw in my photos) very rocky areas where allot of climbing is involved. Rods get beat up.
BattleHymn:
That is a very pretty rod. I'd love to have something like that to hang on my wall.
Speaking for myself, I like old things,too. Old furniture, old books, old appliances, old houses, old cars, heck, old everything.
We need a 'show your old stuff thread' here somewhere. I'd love to see what everybody else has, like marv posted.
catsmtrods:
--- Quote from: Wineslob on January 05, 2013, 12:41:46 PM ---
There's plenty of rod builders around here. You can get Spar Varnish (Man-O-War). Runs about $14 for an aerosol can. I decided on a Poly after reading how well it does. No fade/yellowing/flexible plus it's very tough. I fish (as you probably saw in my photos) very rocky areas where allot of climbing is involved. Rods get beat up.
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Believe it or not, bamboo can take more of a beating than those plastic sticks!
Wineslob:
I started on the rod this weekend. Used Citristrip to remove the old finish. It worked VERY well! The next day (Sunday) I sprayed the "blank" with Helmsman Spar Urethane (semi-gloss). So far, so good. I'll get some pics up.
Oh, it turns out that this is a "Heavy Bass/Trout rod" decided by the size of the ferrules. Some where around a 7-8 wt. I may actually take this rod up to Pyramid Lake (NV) this March and fish for the large Cutts there. Should be fun.
Wineslob:
Picked up a nice little gem for the rod:
It's coming together:
Not so ratty looking now,
I should have the rest of the wraps done tonight.
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