The fly rods are done!

Yes folks finally, the fly rods are done... I hope you find them worthy. These rods will fish again!

H&I fly rod...

Horrocks and Ibbotson Featherweight 8' 6" 4wt. 3 piece with 1 tip. 

Ferrules and tip... Note the beautiful rod cases my wife made, thanks Michelle.


Grip and reel seat...


Kingfisher fly rod...

Kingfisher 8' 6" 6wt. 3 pieces with 2 tips.




It was a fun and very challenging project.  Let's go fishing...


Comments

  1. Really nice work Doug. Was fun following for sure. They should provide many good days on the water.

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    1. thanks for the kind comments Ralph and for hanging in there all the way through the series with me...

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  2. Beautiful....there is not an angler that would not want to cast such a work of art.
    Well done Doug.

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    1. Thank you Alan.... I hope to fish this fly rod in the near future. My thanks for following along through the fly rod rebuild series. I have been enjoying your blog posts as well. Cheers.

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