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Dan Craft FT 10wt-10ft & 5wt-9ft with Redwood reel seats & butts.

To see how they would turn out I stained some discard half wells grips with Minwax oil base stain, let them dry overnight and then 1 coat of Minwax Spar Urethane. Let that dry overnight and then buffed with fine steel wool. The final texture does not seem to differ much from that of the cork without any finish.

Guide wraps using Sulky Original Metallic multi colored Cranberry/Gold/Pine Green Thread. Blank is 8' 2 wt 2 piece Dan Craft Five Rivers Signature III.

Left to Right: Oregon Myrtle Wood, Gabon Striped Ebony, Cocobola. Inserts by Dave Winslow, Winslow Custom Rods.

Steve's nice Oregon brown caught on a fly.

Horizontal position works well for inletting cork as well as grinding guide feet.

This works great for grinding guide feet in either the vertical or horizontal posistion