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2009/05/10 23:58:20 (permalink)

New Rod Build

Started building rods.  This is the second one I've done.  6# Fenwick.
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post edited by flatheadfishin - 2009/05/11 00:02:41
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    Cold
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    RE: New Rod Build 2009/05/11 07:05:47 (permalink)
    Looks great. I love those reel seats and grips with the matching dragonwood (?) inserts.
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    RE: New Rod Build 2009/05/11 07:19:28 (permalink)
    Not too shabby..wraps are a little long though, and too much trim banding for my taste, but it's all personal.  Glad you like it.
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    RE: New Rod Build 2009/05/11 20:55:54 (permalink)
    Jadewood actually, but they are pretty close (I think the dragonwood has more brown in it).  I ordered a Teton Specialist reel in Alpine Green to put on it.  Hopefully the reel is available, as I understand it Teton has stopped new production and is looking for a buyer. 
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    RE: New Rod Build 2009/05/11 23:54:59 (permalink)
    I have a tioga in alpine green. It'll look beautiful with that wood. :)

    I thought the jadewood was greener than that, but its pretty nonetheless...maybe moreso...when I was shopping around, I steered clear of the jadewood, which looked fake to me. Had I known it looked like that, I'd have been more interested.
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    RE: New Rod Build 2009/05/12 00:25:25 (permalink)
    Cold,
    What is your opinion of the Tioga?  I've read nothing but good things about them so I was surprised to learn that the company was in trouble.  Sounds like they have have a unique/good drag system.
     
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    RE: New Rod Build 2009/05/12 07:04:48 (permalink)
    So far, thumbs up all the way, though I'm somewhat lighter than you, using a Tioga 2 on a 3 wt. I believe the company wasnt so much in trouble as the owner was getting quite old and needed to find a buyer for both the facilities (a small shop in california) as well as his patents. I'm not sure if they managed to sell both as a package deal, and several of the bigger reel companies were interested in the patents. Depending on which one ended up getting them, quality may or may not be preserved. I wouldnt look for the Tioga line to stay Americn made though.
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    RE: New Rod Build 2009/05/12 23:04:13 (permalink)
    Hopefully Tioga will remain US made, when I heard about the company looking for a buyer the first thing I thought was that it would end up outside the US.
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    RE: New Rod Build 2009/05/13 18:15:36 (permalink)
    Flathead,
     
    Looks good!  I've been wanting to build one for a few years now.  It just keeps winding up on the back burner.
     
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