So Ive been building 2 more kind of simultaneously only I had to wait for some thread for the second one. Both rods are identical except for guide ring material and wrap design so I built both handle and reel seat assemblies at the same time then proceeded with the steeler rod. I finished it up Monday.
This one was built for a rabid steeler fan freind of mine. We watched the superbowl together when the steelers "beat" the hawks and it has been a bone of contention ever since. But the dude wants a Steelers rod, he gets a Steelers rod. I just pretended it was another Vandal rod until I had to put the label on. Then I had to work hard not to vomit. I hope I dont need a license agreement since I'm not making money!
Its a SH1025 casting. Both rods will be in holders so I went with 14" rear grips and solid reel seats. I would like to do a split grip soon because I like the way they look but it doesnt seem practical on a backtrolling rod. Used the high density cork composite butt cap on these...not sure I like them. Kinda unforgiving in that if you rod bond onto them they discolor and sanding it off even with 320 grit made me nervous. They look good though.
Someday I'll figure out how to photograph a rod. Its not as easy as one might assume so my apologies for the poor photography.
I went with wider accent bands in the guide wraps to give kind of a football jersey stripe effect.
Ferrule. This is my little tribute to NFL referees. I made this wrap a little shorter than I should have just like the officials did during the superbowl in '05!
And the label that made me throw up in my mouth a little. Its really difficult to get good shots of these holographic labels. All that light bouncing around does weird things to the brains in my digital camera. This pic is kinda what it looks like, only differnt.
The second one is wrapped. Waiting for the fixative to dry on the label so I can apply it and get those wraps done and start the epoxy.
Real joy comes not from ease or riches or from the praise of men, but from doing something worthwile. -Wilfred T. Grenfell
Keep fishin and keep smilin -Tooter
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