Latest Custom Stick

[fishyman]

Just finished wrapping my latest creation, im happy with how it turned out considering how tricky it was doing the bindings on the tip section with one arm.

The blank is a Graphite USA (GUSA) Pionner UR70UL, 1-2kg

Bindings are done with gudebrod NCP size A thread in Cobolt blue and orange.

all handle components sourced from Matagi and then modified slightly by myself.

The split grip will have a tiger wrap in it, which is what you can see half completed in the pics.

i still have to do some burnishing so all those small gaps will dissapear and the wraps will look better afterwards, also gotta wipe down and get rid of all that dusty crap.

And i knocked up a little rod bag for it aswell to keep it safe.

cant wait to fish this one :woohoo: :woohoo:

Now off to do some burnishing i think.

Pics:

[fishyman]

sorry the photo of the running guide wrap came out shit

my bad ill get a few more pics when epoxying is done and the tiger wrap is complete

[TUR82]

looks the goods mate!

[mangler]

Looking good there, well done, will be good to see the finished pics. I can only imagine how tough the bindings on the tip section were with the crook collarbone.

Cheers,

Matt

[fishyman]

whoops forgot to mention

guides are all fuji sic's

in TATSG and TLSG frames

[fishyman]

ok well i was bored what else was i supposed to do,

other than tie a casting plug onto my new 2000 bio and go play with my new bream stick

WHOLY MOLY

casts a 1/2 plug a country mile

ahh the benefits of living on a golf course haha

[fishyman]

some more pics

applied the decal [img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/P7270059_AFO.jpg

[fishyman]

and another [img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/P7270060_AFO.jpg

[tacklebox]

looks awesome! is it finished now?

[fishyman]

no mum keeps moving the car so i wont epoxy it until later tonight once the garage has settled. then once epoxy is finished i have to finish off the tigerwrap in the split grip which involves putting another layer of thread and epoxy on.

will be ready to fish for my trip to hervey bay on the weekend. as will my other custom thats being glued up as we speak

[tacklebox]

ooohhh hervey bay! looking forward to that report

[fishyman]

the report will include getting a car too :woohoo:

[fishyman]

well im sick, so i thought itd be a good time to finish the tiger wrap. [img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/P7290066_AFO.jpg

[fishyman]

another [img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/P7290067_AFO.jpg

[kreel]

I didn't know what the "tiger wrap" was all about but now that I see it it looks great. Congrats on the lovely work.

[fishyman]

thanks mate

didnt quite turn out how i had hoped, not enough contrast between orange and black under layer

[fishyman]

few more

[Rocket75]

hope you christen it with a PB! how good would that be?:woohoo:

[fishyman]

ill try rocket :woohoo:

40cm+ bream sounds good to me

[Jeryl]

haa one nice finesse breaming rod done mate good stuff gotta let me play with it later hhah