8'3" 6/7wt Fiberglass Rod SOLD

SOLD Finished and ready for a new home. This is one of the newest tapers I have, 6/7wt 8'3" 4 Piece Yellow Glass fiberglass. This new blank taper was made by Mcfarland, the taper is very similar to the 8ft yellow glass (progressive medium fast action, soft tipped), with just a bit more backbone and some added length. This new taper is cross weighted as a 6/7wt, I recommend a 6wt DT and a 7wt WF. Great rod for big trout and smallies. Bit small for large mouth or steelies.

Specs: Reel seat is a blued nickel up lock, with maple burl wood insert (By Joel Lemke), Flor grade modified full wells, with a one inch fighting butt. Titanium carbide snakes, and tip top. Minima stripping guide. Wrapped in yellow silk, tipped antique gold (which I think is a good match to the wood insert). Mid -stream grade rod (complete tipping, without agate guide). . MORE PHOTOS ON FACEBOOK. SOLD

Signature S-glass Update

Update on the Graywolf Signature S-glass rods. Due to the emails and calls Ive received for these rods, I feel it is important to post an update.

A New batch of blanks are being made, I will let clients know when blanks are in stock and ready to begin building. I plan to build on first come first served basis, some have ordered more than one rod so build time on multiple rods will be slightly longer.

The current list of blanks: All the 5wt’s blanks are sold out. There will be two 2wt 8ft 3 piece blanks available that are not spoken for. I am not taking deposits to reserve the remaining two blanks. I am willing to put two people on a list for these rods, and will notify these folks when blanks are in stock and again when they are ready to be built.

We will make another rounds of blanks when I feel current orders are fulfilled.

7'10" 3wt 3pc Lemon Drop SOLD

SOLD I finished this build on a Paddock Lemon Drop 7'10" 3wt 3pc blank. Wraps are Yellow silk, tipped black with silver trim at cork check and ferrules. Reverse half wells, flor grade cork grip. Titanium carbide snakes/tip top, original Mildrum stripper guide. Custom up locking reel seat, with one of the best wood inserts I've ever seen. Asking $475 Shipped Worldwide, price also includes the rod sack and aluminum tube. Please contact me if interested. I have more photos on Facebook. SOLD

7ft 4wt 3pc Yellow Glass Finished

Yellow Glass 704-3 finished. Spalted maple wood insert, all nickel hardware. Chrome Snakes/tip top. Nickel agate stripping guide with green stone. Flor grade cigar cork grip. Wrapped in light green, tipped dark green with silver trim. More photos on facebook.

704-3 Yellow Glass Build Start

I started a 7ft 4wt 3pc Yellow glass build today. Client requested silver tipping, silver is a color I don't typically work with, so I decided to incorporate it in to this build the best way I could without making this rod look completely different than my other rods. Main wrap color is light green, and a thin band of granger green, then the silver trim, and another thin band of granger green. I think this will look stunning after a few coats of varnish. Will post finished photos in a few days. I have a few more photos of this rod on facebook, if you want to take a look.

Signature S-glass Finished #66

Finished another S-glass rod from the back log. This one is wrapped in orange silk, tipped black. A bunch more photos on facebook. Down lock slide band seat, blued nickel hardware. Wood insert is fiddelback maple. Flor grade custom cigar grip, titanium carbide snakes/tip top, blued stripper guide with orange agate stone. You can view photos from the start of this build, after wrapped, and finished build. Click the links and view them on facebook.

Starting to wrap the 10ft rod

Here are a few shoots of the starter wraps for the 10ft Yellow Glass rod. It's hard to see the antique gold trim wraps, because the yellow silk is so bright... but the gold trim is there. I choose to add the trim after the double wrap on the ferrules, to make the ferrule wraps look a bit shorter after varnished (I extend the ferrule wrap to the end of the male ferrule, simply for security. But the long wrap does not look as appealing to me). More to come soon. And more photos on facebook.

Happy Customer Email

Recieved this email today...

"I have only looked the rods over, not being able to cast them yet. Perhaps tomorrow. I must admit though, that the S glass was a hell of a lot more of a rod than I thought I was getting. Absolutely another piece of rod that I will dream about fishing when I am not fishing it. You just made me another primary fishing rod in my local river.

As for the Graphite, you nailed it. Just what I wanted from a Vintage looking rod. The signature could have been a bit more clear (lighter),  but it really doesn’t matter. Oh, and the wood is exemplary, truly magnificent with no “black dot’s”.

I am really pleased Shane, merry Christmas to you and yours.

Best regards,

Jan"

As for the signature Jan writes of, the blank is green and I used black ink. I agree with Jan, as I have a problem with white ink (just don't like the look). I was willing to use black ink, and the signature not be as noticeable than to have a white ink signature on this rod, perhaps I will use red next time.

SIGNATURE S-GLASS 8ft 5wt 3pc

Another Signature S-glass rod complete. I will check this rod over and get her in the mail in the next day or two. Blank is translucent tea colored s-glass. Blued nickel reel seat hardware, olivewood reel seat spacer (my favorite). Titanium carbide snakes, and tip top, blued agate stripper. Flor grade thin cigar grip. Rod is wrapped in chestnut silk, tipped antique gold. A wonderful rod. I put it through it's paces this morning. More photos on facebook.

More Olive Wood

More olive wood arrived yesterday. I will repack and ship these 10 block off to Joel, for reel seat inserts.

Two New Yellow Glass Tapers!

I have now in stock two new Yellow Glass Fiberglass tapers. These new lengths follow the same taper scope as the 8ft models. The new blanks are cross weighted and feel great with both line weights. Blanks are slightly more progressive than the 8ft models.

In stock
- 8'3" 5/6wt 4 piece
- 8'3" 6/7wt 4 piece

You may reserve one for yourself for just $50. Contact me if interested.

Signature S-glass rods SOLD OUT

ALL SOLD. I have taken all the orders I can fill in a good amount of time, I want to be fair to the clients that are on the list. I will try and have a few blanks in stock after orders are complete. Thanks!


 Reserve your Graywolf Signature S-glass fly rod. Now taking deposits of $150 to reserve a finished rod on one of my new s-glass blanks. Currently I already have several reserved for custom builds in 2012. If you are interested in making a deposit to reserve one of these rods please contact me.

I offer the opportunity to reserve one for 7 days. 12/24/11 will be the last day to make a deposit.
I offer the following models:

8’0” 2wt 3 piece
8’0” 5wt 3 piece

The color of the blanks is Translucent Tea, a brown/red translucent color. The blanks are sanded, and high gloss. Medium action, progressive taper.

More photos: I am working on more rods now, and will post photos of more finished rods soon.
805-3 - s-glass
7105-3 s-glass 
802-3 s-glass
805-3 s-glass
s-glass blanks

LEMKE CONCEPTS REEL SEATS

I decided I no longer wish to distribute Lemke Concepts reel seats. I made this decision about a month ago, I just don't have the time to dedicate to this. Joel is fine with this decision and has lots of reel seats to offer. Please contact Joel Lemke to purchase Lemke Concepts reel seats.

A PERFECT MATCH

A perfect match, Phoenix Silk DT5 and a PH Young 705-2/2 Taper. I noticed today that the rod matches the colors of the Phoenix silk lines I have. Just wanted to share. More photos on facebook.

More Exclusive Lemke Seats

I posted several photos on facebook of more of the exclusive reel seats, made by Joel Lemke.

7ft 5wt 2/2 Bamboo rod SOLD

Finished and for Sale. This is a 7ft 5wt 2 piece 2 tip bamboo fly rod. A PH Young taper. This will be the last bamboo rod I will offer this year, and I will only be building about two split cane rods a year starting in 2012.

SOLD - Great little rod with alot of power. Blonde cane, all metal threaded reel seat, flor grade modified full wells grip. The snake guides and tip tops are chrome, the stripping guide is an original mildrum. Wrapped clear white silk, with red silk intermediate wraps. Custom step down ferrules, instead of bluing the ferrules I wrapped them in black silk. Dipped spar vanish finish. Price includes rod sack and aluminum tube. I will put a Graywolf Label on the tube, I just did not have time to add one yet. Retail price is $995, I am willing to accept offers... No Reasonable offer refused. More photos on Facebook. SOLD

SIGNATURE S-GLASS 805-3

Graywolf Signature S-glass 8ft 5wt 3pc finished. I will pack this rod up tonight so I can get her shipped out tomorrow.

Flor grade modified full wells grip, custom Lemke down lock threaded reel seat, titanium carbide snakes, and tip top, blued winding check and agate stripping guide. Wrapped in white silk varnished clear, tipped black. I have quite a few more photos on facebook.

My New Rod

I love being on the receiving end of a custom build. For the first time, I decided to have someone else build a rod for me. Yes I know, but listen.... I wanted to fish this rod last June, and if I didn't find someone to build it, I would not have it for this coming fishing trip in June.

I contacted bamboo rod maker Jory Ward, he was easy to talk to, understood what I was looking for and is getting it done. I am very pleased and can't wait for the finished rod. You can see a bunch more photos on Jory's blog Chasin Trout.

Another great message

Received this paragraph in an email today.

"p.s. The lemon drop build I bought from you is amazing some very fine work. The quality is tops, definitely in the auspices of all the other great and known builders of the last century. Thank you, Jess"

Words/photos White Kabuto Build

"A few quick pictures of my recently received Shane Gray built 7033 Kabuto. Shane does a great job, I have been very happy with the rods he has built for me. I couldn't resist braving the cold to try it on the water this weekend. Lined with a DT RIO LT, I am really happy with this rod."

Thanks for sharing.... Great Photos Brian... Hope to see more soon!

4,5, and 6wt Yellow Glass rods

I thought this would be neat to post. The trio of Yellow glass rods owned by David in California. I think he has shown some interested in the new 8'3" 5/6wt as well. Time will tell if we add to this love for the yellow glass.

The 8ft 4wt 4pc Yellow glass serial #64 

The 8ft 5wt 4pc Yellow Glass serial #50 

The 8ft 6wt 4pc Yellow Glass serial #58

804-4 Yellow Glass finished

Finished the 4wt. Same specs as the 6wt below, just a slightly smaller diameter grip and 1/2 shorter and smaller components. More photos on facebook.