Made a new rod lately version 1.2
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Re: Made a new rod lately version 1.2
#2621Kickapoo Bamboo 7 1/2' 5 wt 2 piece 1 tip. Hollow fluted 3.5 oz. Payne 101 taper. All shop-made hardware and case. Blued Duronze 13-12 step down ferrule (Tony Young "Dickerson-style" design). Aluminum uplocking reel seat. Red carnelian stripping guide and winding check. A really nice casting rod.
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Re: Made a new rod lately version 1.2
#2622Mike and Tom, great looking rod-thanks for sharing! Aside from the weight reduction, did you aim to maintain the feel of the original 101 taper or to soften it a bit through hollowing?
Bill
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Re: Made a new rod lately version 1.2
#2623Bill, Thanks for the kind words. I’ve never cast an original so I wouldn’t know how it feels. We simply hollow tapered the butt from .060” to .050” wall thickness and the tip from .050” to .040” after tapering to the measurements of Dennis Higham’s Payne 101 in Hexrod. Guide spacing was from that rod also. We made three from the same culm and they all feel the same to me. My favorite taper so far. MikeIn the film wrote: ↑09/28/21 15:49Mike and Tom, great looking rod-thanks for sharing! Aside from the weight reduction, did you aim to maintain the feel of the original 101 taper or to soften it a bit through hollowing?
Bill
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Re: Made a new rod lately version 1.2
#2628A few months back Lee Orr was offering a few pieces of old American Chestnut for reel seat spacers that he salvaged from an old building back there and I was one of the folks who jumped on the offer. I also happen to have a small stash of Pearsall's Chestnut. Here is a rod I built recently on commission that features both. It's an 8' hollowed 6 wt based on the 8013, but using micro-ferrules made by Tony Young. I used Bellinger reel seat hardware and a Golden Witch stripping guide.
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Re: Made a new rod lately version 1.2
#2629Nice looking rod DonT.
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Re: Made a new rod lately version 1.2
#2633You had me at Kickapoo and Driftless...
Such a fun privilege to scroll through this historic thread as an admirer! So lovely, every last one!
Such a fun privilege to scroll through this historic thread as an admirer! So lovely, every last one!
Re: Made a new rod lately version 1.2
#2635Finished this one up with a lot of inspiration from Eustis Edwards. Used a Payne 198 taper and made the nickel silver seat with black ABS accents. Winding check is also black ABS. Vintage agate stripping guide and wrapped in pongee tipped in purple, a' la Edwards. Has Edwards signature wraps as well. Tim Zietak
IMG_0300 by Tim Zietak, on Flickr
IMG_0301 by Tim Zietak, on Flickr
IMG_0302 by Tim Zietak, on Flickr
IMG_0303 by Tim Zietak, on Flickr
IMG_0304 by Tim Zietak, on Flickr
IMG_0300 by Tim Zietak, on Flickr
IMG_0301 by Tim Zietak, on Flickr
IMG_0302 by Tim Zietak, on Flickr
IMG_0303 by Tim Zietak, on Flickr
IMG_0304 by Tim Zietak, on Flickr
Re: Made a new rod lately version 1.2
#2636Beautiful rod Tim! Did you use some kind of color preserver on the thread wraps?
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r
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#2638Its lacquer that I used on the wraps. Have to put it on in thin coats.
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