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This inscription was mixed from some orange, brown, and yellow paint to match the orange trim on the guide wraps. Again, the light was a bit different for each photo, but the end result was a perfect match.

Amtak 3-foot guide with gudebrod nylon Rust and orange NCP trim. Matches thread hossel, though light in photo doesn't make them look alike.

This is a thread hossel I put on a 10' 7 wt steelhead rod. I built up the hossel with 5-minute epoxy while the rod was turning. Then I wrapped over with Gudebrod rust and Orange NCP for the trims. No color preserver.

This is a marbilized wrap that I did on my 13' rainshadow float rod. It is the green rainshadow blank. The wrap was done over the bare blank with TAP plastics resin and LS Supreme. I used the green pigment with LS and darkened it a bit with some black. I used that for the base color. Then I swirled white, black, and grey (black/white mix)through the green and let it dry. Not bad for a first attempt.

This is an Amtak black frame/gold ring guide that I used as a stripper on a spey rod. The thread is black/gold twist from gudebrod and the blank is an amtak IMG 14' spey.

This is a picture of an Amtak 3-foot guide on my 9' 10 wt St Croix SCIV. The thread is teal with white NCP trim. No color preserver.

This is where mountain jewels are found.

This is a native brookie from a local mountain stream. It was about 3 1/2" long and still put up quite a fight on my 5'2" fiberglass 4 wt.