Steffen 8034-3 Finished

Finished and ready to send out. This is a Steffen 8ft 3/4wt 3pc build. Olivewood reel seat with nickel down lock slide band hardware. Titanium guides and tip top. Flor grade cigar grip. Wrapped in antique gold tipped black. Great taper! More photos on facebook.

Short and Sweet!

Received this email today for the 806-4 Yellow glass fly rod.

"Shane, Rod arrived!
Amazing...incredible...outstanding...("Pat, can I buy another adjective?")....you should insure your hands with Lloyd's of London! Thanks so much! Chris"

Hexagraph 805-3 Finished/For Sale

FOR SALE:

The Hexagraph I have had for several months is finally done. This is a unique fly rod, 6 sided graphite. Reel seat is a down lock threaded barrel, with blued hardware. The seat insert is Stacked Bamboo made by Joel Lemke. Flor grade modified full wells cork grip, blued and silk wrapped CSE nickel silver ferrules. Titanium Carbide snakes, and tip tip. Blued nickel stripper guide with red agate stone. Wrapped in antique gold silk, tipped black.

I am asking $900 OBO shipped worldwide. If interested please contact me. Price includes the rod, rod sack and aluminum tube. More photos on facebook.

Signature S-Glass 802-3 for Sale

FOR SALE: I have this one Signature S-glass 8ft 2wt 3pc rod now avaliable. This is a custom yellow color, you won't see very many of these. Down lock slide band reel seat with blued nickel hardware, and maple burl wood insert. Flor grade cigar cork grip, titanium snakes, and tip top. Blued nickel winding check and stripper guide with red agate stone. Wrapped clear, tipped dark brown. Asking $550. Price includes rod sack, aluminum tube and worldwide shipping.

This is the same taper as the Translucent tea Signature S-glass 2wt rods. I have quite a few more photos of this rod on facebook. If interested in purchasing this rod please contact me.

Starting the Brown Kabuto Build

I have also started the Kabuto 6'6" 3wt 3pc Brown blank build today. Burl maple reel seat with nickel hardware. Nickel agate stripper guide. Wraps will be clear, tipped dark brown. Should be nice!

The Fiberglass Manifesto: T.F.M. Comrade Artwork Released

I ORDERED 4 OF THESE. AND REMEMBER GET ONE FREE WITH ANY PURCHASE OF ONE OF MY FIBERGLASS RODS. The Fiberglass Manifesto: T.F.M. Comrade Artwork Released: What started with a a new font on a set of T.F.M. decals has now grown into it's own piece of artwork. Last week Rob McAbee of Bug Slinger...

More Work on The Steffen 8034-3

Here are a few shots of the Steffen 8ft 3/4wt 3 piece fiberglass build. Customer requested polished nickel hardware and titanium guides. I will wrap the rod in antique gold YLI silk which will blend with the blank very nice after several coats of spar. Tipping color will be black. More photos on facebook. And here is the Starting the Steffen 8034 link.