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This is of a question for Ray Jorgesen on rodbuilding.org. I hope Talisman doesn't mind.

I did not build a Waffle House rod on purpose. Really! It was supposed to be the colors of a coral snake.

Can you guess what gave me the inspiration? Coral Snake. I just forget which species...lol Eastern maybe? Red touch yellow, kill a fellow. Red touch black, venom lack.

My photography skills need some improving. Had a black grip and a red grip, both eva. Cut'em up, placed a yellow ring in between and glued'em up. I kinda like it...now the wife wants it.

Alabama State Flag colors in the state silhouette. This rod is an 8' Allstar 20-40lb for whatever will bite!

I made the logo and signature using my ALPS MD1000 printer and Decal Connection waterslide paper.

Don't really know what it looks like but it's different than a butt wrap.

Second trying the marble thing. It seems ok. Was definitely easier than a butt wrap

The blue/yellow/black pieces are 70 degree hardness eva. I glued them up with some red eva and it sanded down fine. This stuff is HARD! I have now idea what hardness the red eva is. I'm guessing around 50-60.

Close up pic of blue shaded chevron.

Simple shaded chevron butt wrap on a Forecast 7.5' 5wt.

Sweet Home Alabama EVA inlay. Still needs some cleaning up and sanding.

Just tinkering around with regular thread and no cp. This was regular nylon red & orange. The before photo is before the finish and the after photo is with finish. My photography skills still lack desirable results but you get the gist of it.

First time I've tried the candy apple effect. The guide was wrapped in gold metallic and finished. The I went over it with Gudebrod Regular Orange and no cp. I alternated the guides wraps with ornage and candy apple red.

Here I hollowed out the butt cap to place another washer. The butt cap is turned from a rubberized cork ring. This is also my first attempt at extending a rod. So far, so good!

Here is a grip I'm building for a rod extension. I noticed that extending the rod made it tip heavy. I hollowed out the end of the grip to place two washers.

Here's a grip I'm making for a rod extension. The grip will be finished off with a rubberized cork butt cap. This is going on a Forecast 6'6" spinning rod using a Shimano Sahara 1000.

Cork jig from Custom Tackle.

Cork jig from Custom Tackle.

Cork jig from Custom Tackle.

This rod was built for a coworker. The decal was printed using an ALPS MD1000 on water slide paper.

Green, Gold and copper butt wrap on a Rainshadow 9' 7wt.