John Henry

Brown trout decal under light brown nylon , no CP. Saw this on a rod at a show , figured I would try it out . Looks nice in person , not to loud .

10'6" switcher, I got carried away with the Jungle Cock feathers .

Simple JC inlay on FT 6wt , one of the rods that I was going to bring to the gathering.

5 bucks invested.... spinning on my fly bench at home .

put the last coat of FC lite on , 6 wt FT is next for feathers and finish

"bottom" of inlay on Dan Craft 1 wt . Feathers from Kate at Siskiyou Aviary

Inlay on Dan Craft 1wt , feathers from Kate at Siskiyou Aviary

9' FT for myself , re-worked Pac Bay fighting butt

Finished a couple of handles 1wt , 6wt switcher . Tried Andys new cork on one ....... nice stuff .

I finaly figured out my new camera. A surf bait rod for my 6 yr old. alittle over kill , but he likes it .

Tried the scale pattern with the help of the Munich rod Man . I cheated and used size C thead for my first try . Thanks for the help Mr Crouse

Most important part of the finished product.......made in the USA decal.

Black frame SIC on AMTAC 6wt ,for the rod with flames

Biult a 6wt in Black , orange , & white , for a Harley fan . so I put a little flame on eack end of the name/spec. sticker .

Handle on 4wt , burl rngs with tru-oil , zebra wood incert . Matches almost perfectly .

put 2, two inch EVA grips over a cork tape handle . used winding checks to give a cleaner look . put a couple of blue rings in the EVA to match wraps

did a simple chevron with blue silver trimar under wrap , on a old color forcast light spinning rod .

I tried doing an optical chevron with bands of 4 threads , got a split diamond look

diffrent angle .

2nd optical chevron , this one on my 5 yr olds Ugly stik

wish I had a better image of the marble job on the butt wrap . This looked awsome when done .

3wt I did for myself , English Walnut incert,end cap, and hosel by Lammar reelseats

trying different undrewraps , looks better with a finish wrap on the bottom

Just got my shippment of TAP Plastics . Giong for a flame look .