The 100-dollar rod dilemma.

[flyfisher]

but fly fishing is as additive as anything else and it's lure is evil. Fly rods are BEE-U-T-Full. Especially those BAM=Bam-boo uns. Tina caught one really nice on Fee-bay and won the bid and had my first custom made. The wraps were Marine Corps Colors!

Then decided she could make one. A short YEAR later, I had two Bamboozle rods. Five and a six weight. She caught this one on sale and that one on clearance and my collection continued to grow.

Therein lay the problem... All the sudden I had my orders. Those rods are 'spensive.... I won't have them leanin in the corner... organize them.

With a woodshop, and tools and a stack of wood I couldn't do it halfway... Rod rack! Brazilian Cherry...

The end grain on the rack was beautiful, a compliment to the rods it would hold:


I hand rubbed the rack with Watco Oil finish to bring up the grain...



Then added a british bee's wax finish to bring out a soft muted glow, easily renewable at any time.


All it needed was the rods... so in they went. Five years ago there were a few empty slots, now days they are all full, and there are a couple leaning in corners again. (even after Miss T has let a few go to friends.)


This was my initial design, and I have been meaning to build a new rack with a few more slots and a drawer underneath to hold the reels... but I can't find the time. Um... energy.. now that all I have is time. I think the new rack will follow the same basic design but have the drawers, fancier trim with inlays and maybe more exotic wood... just to make use of the woodshop... birdseye maple, austrailian lacewood.... ebony?

Looks real good!!! And people wonder why fly fishermen are considered elitist when you need a hardwood custom made rack for all of your fly rods

[vakayakangler]

Looks real good!!! And people wonder why fly fishermen are considered elitist when you need a hardwood custom made rack for all of your fly rods

Ah... therein lies the rub. Didn't need a hardwood custom rack for the flyrods, but being the anal, Type A, former Marine that I am with a fully equiped woodshop and a woodworking hobby, extra wood and an aversion to half-fast projects, I did what I do... and did it up right. It's why the car stays clean and waxed, the yard stays mowed and the vehicles stay maintained. Guns are cleaned before they go back in the safe and tina makes sure the boats are always taken care of... we both have that type of personality.

It's why she designed the kayak covers and why she has a brazilian cherry dash in her commander. We are driven to do things the best we know how.... Sweet ain't it.

BTW:

We also have custom racks for the regular rods so they stay organized and we can find them when we need them, and Tina believes like I do; A place for everything and everything in it's place.

[flywatersmallie]

Another option in this price range Ive been looking at is the new Denali Jadewood rod.

http://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Denali_J ... -DJSS.html

This will be the next one I am trying out.

Great rods! Take a look in my sig line.... I left a larger, more well known rod company to work with them. Light, balanced and as sensitive as any rod at that price point. A lot better than some costing more. You would be hard pressed to find better customer service anywhere. The owner of the company answers the phone, any issues and he'll take care of you.

[leo]

Nothing like a little bump to make an older topic feel new again.

Well, I went out today to battle the winds, fish a mediocre lake, and test my new Carbonlite. The verdict is: EXCELLENT ROD. It is very light, and balanced. I paired it with the baby Curado to throw plastics. It is very sensitive, to the point of making the 'when in doubt set the hook 'mantra almost dangerous...I loved it.

No fish worth photographing, btw.

[flyfisher]

Looks real good!!! And people wonder why fly fishermen are considered elitist when you need a hardwood custom made rack for all of your fly rods

Ah... therein lies the rub. Didn't need a hardwood custom rack for the flyrods, but being the anal, Type A, former Marine that I am with a fully equiped woodshop and a woodworking hobby, extra wood and an aversion to half-fast projects, I did what I do... and did it up right. It's why the car stays clean and waxed, the yard stays mowed and the vehicles stay maintained. Guns are cleaned before they go back in the safe and tina makes sure the boats are always taken care of... we both have that type of personality.

It's why she designed the kayak covers and why she has a brazilian cherry dash in her commander. We are driven to do things the best we know how.... Sweet ain't it.

BTW:

We also have custom racks for the regular rods so they stay organized and we can find them when we need them, and Tina believes like I do; A place for everything and everything in it's place.

Absolutely nothing wrong with that I try and be more organized but it just doesn't work for to long. Ironically enough i rarely lose anything and can tell you where everything i own is located even if it isn't in the same spot it was when i picked it up the first time

And that fly rack is awesome for sure.....I cannto wait till i have a shop and the sapce to do projects like that.