Custom SnyderGlas Rebuild/refurbish .... From this to this

[Sylvathorn]

one of my bigger projects has been refurbishing an old custom rod based on a SnyderGlas blank (I love their blanks).
Originally wrapped with C grade thread and a pretty basic design. Now wrapped with A grade thread and I think a more interesting design.
I'm adding pics of the wrap as it progressed as well.

[Bretto77]

Looks great

[ellicat]

Very nice.

[Bob9863]

That's a lotta work right there, and done pretty damn well too.

[Angry51]

Very well done, you can be

proud of that one.

[Sylvathorn]

Thanks for the support all. You do these because you look at these old rods and think, naaah this is what you were meant to be.
I've got an old Bonnie Doon II back there, just waiting for me to find a Tip section I can rebuild and finish it with .... why ............. because !
and if you've got one and would rather do it yourself, let me know, you can have the butt section.

 

[Andrew_P]

Great work! Love the chevron fade @Sylvathorn

[Bob9863]

I actually really like the slightly camp or old fashioned look of the old rods, they have a style that's pretty catchy. 

[Sylvathorn]

Yep, I agree Bob9863 , when I'm doing a restoration, I try to match the hatch as much as I can, while trying to maintain 'fishability - like putting on modern, old look guides for practical reasons. I was doing this kind of binding work before this rod was made, and it was originally built using C grade thread, had to improve that, so I felt at liberty to go for it
re Match the Hatch, I have someone who has asked me to price an old bamboo rod to use as a restoration 'Show Piece' will need a LOT of work, I desperately want to do it, said I will do it for half price .... hope I haven't scared him off!!!
If I get the job I will be wanting to match the period, not overdo, not too fancy etc., I've even been scrounging up wire guides in my old Stuff to match the hatch.
;)

[Andrew_P]

Would love to see more of your work on here @Sylvathorn

[Angry51]

Yeah, we all vote you must post all your rod builds on with pics.

I can remember the bamboo rods, an old bloke near our school used to 

make them and us kids would call in on the way home from school and have

a look. Dad had a couple of them. We started fishing with fiberglass rods  and

Alvey reels.

[ellicat]

I have a cane one sitting on the wall in my office.

[Bretto77]

I remember my grandfather fishing in the Dawson River were it went through the farm (western boundary) with a bamboo rod... It was pretty rudimentary... No reel... Just a long piece of bamboo and some line whipped to the end... The line attachment was the only thing that resembled binding anywhere on the rod

[Bretto77]

Those old rods will still be in the carport rafters there...

[Angry51]

We used to fish for eels with cane rod with line just tied on the end.

That was Palm tree creek off the Dawson out of Taroom.

[Bretto77]

Farm was closer to Moura. Dawson River begins near Taroom I think? Palm tree creek rings a bell.

[Sylvathorn]

39 minutes ago, ellicat said:

I have a cane one sitting on the wall in my office.

now I'm really jealous!

 

[Sylvathorn]

2 hours ago, Andrew_P said:

Would love to see more of your work on here @Sylvathorn

thank you Andrew_P, as I do them I'll post them,
some of my old builds are on our FB rod repairs page : Misha Margie | Facebook