Terry Henson
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About Terry Henson
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LA Verne CA
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Flyfishing, rod building, tying flies Computer Programmer
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This is a little 7'6" 3 wt Sage I made for a fishing buddy. He wanted something different and it is wrapped in hand twisted silk made by me. It is a green and gray single strand silk I made myself by twisting together the two strands and wrapping the blank. Very time consuming to make the strands, but a nice effect.
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This is a little 7'6" 3 wt Sage I made for a fishing buddy. He wanted something different and I decided to inlay a mayfly from the Lower Owens in Bishop CA. He likes to fish the Lower Owens so I decided to use a fly from that area. I kept the feather work plain and simple to reflect his principles. I used a simple Pheasant feather base with a Peacock Pheasant on top of that and limited the bright feathers It is crested in both the Argus and Bustard feathers with a little Eurasian Jay on the side with a white Biot feather inlayed under a Jungle Cock. The rod has Purple Heart and Ebony wood on the handle with a little buffalo horn. Reel seat is Purple Heart which he likes. It is wrapped in hand twisted silk made by me. It is a green and gray single strand silk I made myself by twisting together the two strands and wrapping the blank. Very time consuming to make the strands, but a nice effect.
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This is a little 7'6" 3 wt Sage I made for a fishing buddy. He wanted something different and I decided to inlay a mayfly from the Lower Owens in Bishop CA in a ivory piece. He likes to fish the Lower Owens so I decided to use a fly from that area. He is also a guy that works with his hands so I kept the feather work plain and simple to reflect his principles. I used a simple Pheasant feather base with a Peacock Pheasant on top of that and limited the bright feathers to prevent a circus atmosphere on the rod (which is what he would've thought of the rod had it had bright colors). It is crested in both the Argus and Bustard feathers with a little Eurasian Jay on the side with a white Biot feather inlayed under a Jungle Cock. The rod has Purple Heart and Ebony wood on the handle with a little buffalo horn. Reel seat is Purple Heart which he likes. It is wrapped in hand twisted silk made by me. It is a green and gray single strand silk I made myself by twisting together the two strands and wrapping the blank. Very time consuming to make the strands, but a nice effect.
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Side of view of Rod w/ the same desciption. This one is a 9ft 4wt 4 pc rainshadow with a little feather pattern at the base and some feather work at the 18 inch mark. It has a very nice blue parrot feather, with a yellow one over that with a red cock of the rock feather on top. It has double JC eyes with veiling of Macaw (both Scarlet and Blye/Gold), has Speckled Bustard, Florican Bustard and a Nice Argus veiling to top the sides off. It has a JC secondary feather on each side with a JC eye on that. It was finished off with a black wrap and 24 ct gold chain as a winding check. All of this is one a green blank, wrapped in a gray thread with no CP. Handle has Ivory, black buffalo horn, some flies inlayed in the handle, burl cork, Carolina Cherry burl wood with a Lamar Reelseat from Andy.
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Another view, but the same desciption. This one is a 9ft 4wt 4 pc rainshadow with a little feather pattern at the base and some feather work at the 18 inch mark. It has a very nice blue parrot feather, with a yellow one over that with a red cock of the rock feather on top. It has double JC eyes with veiling of Macaw (both Scarlet and Blye/Gold), has Speckled Bustard, Florican Bustard and a Nice Argus veiling to top the sides off. It has a JC secondary feather on each side with a JC eye on that. It was finished off with a black wrap and 24 ct gold chain as a winding check. All of this is one a green blank, wrapped in a gray thread with no CP. Handle has Ivory, black buffalo horn, some flies inlayed in the handle, burl cork, Carolina Cherry burl wood with a Lamar Reelseat from Andy. This is also using Hobbypoxy and as you can see, I do no think there is a clearer more bubble free epoxy on the planet. This is the first rod I have completed using this epoxy in years.
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This one is a 9ft 4wt 4 pc rainshadow with a little feather pattern at the base and some feather work at the 18 inch mark. It has a very nice blue parrot feather, with a yellow one over that with a red cock of the rock feather on top. It has double JC eyes with veiling of Macaw (both Scarlet and Blye/Gold), has Speckled Bustard, Florican Bustard and a Nice Argus veiling to top the sides off. It has a JC secondary feather on each side with a JC eye on that. It was finished off with a black wrap and 24 ct gold chain as a winding check. All of this is one a green blank, wrapped in a gray thread with no CP. Handle has Ivory, black buffalo horn, some flies inlayed in the handle, burl cork, Carolina Cherry burl wood with a Lamar Reelseat from Andy. This is also using Hobbypoxy and as you can see, I do no think there is a clearer more bubble free epoxy on the planet. This is the first rod I have completed using this epoxy in years.
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Finished the first of several rods I have in the works. This one is a 9ft 4wt 4 pc rainshadow. It is a green blank, wrapped in a gray thread with no CP. Seems to cast quite nicely. Handle has Ivory, black buffalo horn, some flies inlayed in the handle, burl cork, Carolina Cherry burl wood with a Lamar Reelseat from Andy. A feather or two finishes this one up with a gold chain winding check
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After some input on the board, I made a full wells grip using stag, buffalo horn, buckeye, carolina cherry burl and box elder burl. And burl cork. Only a 4 wt, but should make a nice float tube rod. Can't wait to put a feather or two on this one. I have 7 rods in the works, all in various stages of being built. Will post pictures of all when I am done. This one turned out rather nicley and thanks to A. Dear for those madrells to turn down handles like these. Without a mandrell, turning handles like this is all but impossible, unless you are a true craftsman, like the MunichRodMan or Eden!!!
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