lamarreelseats

L to R: Ken preston, Mike Barkley, Randy "Putter" Parpart, Tom Kirkman, Ralph "The Legend" O'Quinn, Andy Dear

Vists www.lamarreelseats.com for more info. on this amazing new material

12lb Redfish taken in the Louisiana Marsh on a Borski Bonefish Slider

English Walnut on a PacBay UL5 TiCh with matching hosel and endcap

This is a prototype buffing setup with three buffs mounted on a 1/2" mandrel. It works phenomenally for buffing wood and/or metal. Although it is somewhat similiar to other dedicated lathe buffing units on the market,it is meant to be mounted in a chuck, and does not need a morse taper adapter like others, which means it will be priced considerably less than comparable units. Look for a release real soon! By the way, the Red Mallee seat pictured in the Handle Assembly section was the same seat being buffed in this pic.

Red Mallee finished with Minwax Spar Urethane from Home Depot...$5.00 and some elbow grease.

This Red Mallee insert was finished with Minwax Spar Urethane (aeresol) and then hand rubbed to a high gloss shine. I thought it looked pretty good for a $5.00 bottle of finish!

A Pair of REC SWAUC Pewter Spey Seats with Australian Red Mallee Burl inserts

A trio of Fuji Cobra Reel Seats with Australian Corugatta Burl inserts and matching buttcaps

Sharon Johnson and Roger Seiders discuss the finer points of fishing rod manufacture...

Automated diamond wrap machine

The mandrel and cloth are put on a rolling table where the platen is lowered on to the mandrel and rolls the cloth on to the mandrel very tightly

This photo shows one of the AllStar employees tacking the cloth to the mandrel.

Same Reel Seat hardware but with a Calif. Buckeye Burl insert

This is an REC SWUAC extra large diameter Spey seat in the pewter finish. Insert is turned from Red Palm from Indonesia. To give you some frame of reference the seat is just a fraction shy of 1" in diameter and the bore is 16.5mm. This seat is being sent to a builder in England.

Black Ash Burl turned and shaped to retrofit on a Weibe casting handle.

Lace Sheoak being turned into a reel seat

More of tthe same...

Fuji 16mm with Stabilized Red Mallee Burl insert. Red Mallee comes from Western Australia, and is one of the most unique woods I have worked with.

Amboyna Reel Seat

Amboyna Burl Reel Seats

Struble U-8 Nickel Silver Reel Seat with Afzelia Burl Insert

Fuji 16mm with Buckeye insert and matching winding check. PacBay UL5 with Buckeye insert and matching endcap.

Pac Bay UL5 with California Buckeye Burl insert and endcap