A couple of on the bench

[Bubba_Bruiser]

I haven't been around a whole lot lately, but I have been pretty busy on the rod bench with some of my own personal builds. Here are a few pics. The first is a Fishing Tackle Unlimited 7' M-ModFast for top water I hope to be using in a few days. I ran micro guides wrapped on a double layer of gold thread. (I wish I could stop the bleed thru with light nylons for a single layer). I also used a Castaway super exposed reel seat. The tiger wrap is 3 layers and came out subtle, but I like it. I will get the final weight with more coat of epoxy on the tiger.







This is a wrap I am working on for a buzz bait / misc rod. It is a Castaway White 844P blank. I just have the butt wrap ready and going to be installing a 9-10" handle on it and micro #3s. Here is the wrap in progress:





And the last is for an 8' Rainshadow RX7 944 H-F for frog fishing and just the wrap. I think I am going to run a 12" handle and Fuji #5s all the way down. This stick will double for my wife's broom stick when not in use.



Now if I can just make it to the water to try then out.