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Antti

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About Antti

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  • Birthday 05/21/74

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  • Location
    Finland
  1. Visa birch seat

    Custom made insert from heat treated visa birch by Andy Dear. Seat is Struble U-22. I'm very happy with the result! Dark piece of burl cork is going to be replaced by visa birch end cap soon...
  2. Austin & Chinook

    Finally had a chance to put my first custom built rod under a good stress test when fishing chinooks in Vancouver Island. All Star Austin made its job prefectly. The fish was released after photo was taken. Definitely happy I am...
  3. Pike 8,9 kg

    Here is a pic of my this season's biggest pike (so far). It was caugth by a fly designed by my girlfriend from home river Vuoksi. It weighted 8,9 kg (20lbs) and was released after taking a photo.
  4. Handle project

    My next handle project. Handle is going to be made from birch bark and elk horn. I'll try to do carving on horn as well. Between jigs are prepared bark rings and right hand side are unprepared ones.
  5. All Star Austin 908

    This is my first rod I have ever built. AllStar Austin 9 ft 8wt, with SIC guides and U-22 seat from Struble and superb Red Palm reel seat from Andy Dear. Handle was made from burl and rubberised cork and two thin coats of truoil
  6. BAF908

    Here's photo of mt AllStar Austin with rod bag made by my mom, colors was chosen to fit colors on guide wraps.
  7. Decal

    Here's a decal from my BAF908. Flash brings out edges of a decal, but in natural light you really can't see the edges. Very happy with the result. Got it right on my first try. Thanks Jimi...
  8. Decal

    Here's the decal from "backside" of my rod including my name with month when rod was finished. Decal is from decal connection.
  9. TSVSG16

    TSVSG16 in my BAF908. Candy apple with no cp and two gold trim bands. LS Supreme on top.
  10. Fight butt

    An old finnish 5 markkaa from year 1931 fitted in to cover a hole on rubber cork ring. The coin was covered with 5 min epoxy, which was mistake because it didn't release bubbles so now i'm stuck with them. Won't make same mistake again. Reel seat is U-22 from Struble.
  11. Handle

    First hand ever made on my BAF908. Thanks guys for ideas, maybe on next one I can produce something by myseld rather copying ideas from this board. Cheers, Antti
  12. Checker inlay

    Closeup on checkered inlay on my handle on BAF908 made from burl and rubberised cork. Two thin coats of tru-oil was used to finish the handle.
  13. Wrapper

    Self made wrapper. Performed well in my first rod project done in livingroom
  14. Drying Stand

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