Rods for soilders - Rod build

[WaffleJaw]

Awhile back Joe and I were giving the opportunity to build rods for the Rod for soldiers program.A program started by Pat Helton of the Texas Rod Builders, giving custom rods to wounded vets returning home.
You can read more on Pat,and the cause here.
http://texasrodbuilders.com/rods_for_soldiers
Its a pretty humbling experience to help with,Im was amazed at how many builders from east,west,and even Japan have constantly submitted rods,and components for this.

So anyway,this was my rod..The blank was a St Croix SCIV If I remember right.Parts were sent to us for the build....A lot of rods for this are done in an American/army theme...I really just kept it simple for the most part...I did add a soldier holding a rifle under the tiger wrap if you look closely,and played with the JT Olive branch wrap.I also wanted to make it a micro rod instead of conventional.The hybrid grip happened sort by accident.It was gonna be all cork,but I uhhhh?...sort of jacked up the cork buttgrip for it
Besides it makes it more custom!lol
Thanks for looking.