I completed my first fly rod build today. Here are a couple photos of the handle:

[img:center] fly-rod-handle by tnpondmanager, on Flickr[/img]


[img:center] fly-rod-handle-2 by tnpondmanager, on Flickr[/img]

Very nice indeed. Good job.

Thanks, Banker, much appreciated!

In my book, you get five (5) STARS!

Much too pretty to fish with

Thanks for the love, guys! Much appreciated!

Again, nice rod Tn

~PH

pretty rod.

Wow! Incredible detail!

There is only one problem with your rods, I could never go fishing with art!

Great job TN

If I built that it would hang on the wall, VERY NICE rod.
Did you build the other one on the flickr feed as well?

Thanks for the compliments, guys! I worked on this rod for seven months, have at least two hundred hours in it (mainly the handle), so it's very rewarding when people like it.

Tmds, I did indeed make the other rod pictured on my Flicker feed. I have a few of my other builds pictured on there, though the two most recent are, I feel, my best so far.

Nicely done.

Wow that's beautiful! I enjoy high end fly fishing equipment, the style and appeal are unlike other types of rods and reels out there. Do you plan on using it or just hanging it up to admire?

That rod was made for a pond management client of mine. He's an avid bluegill and shellcracker fisherman, so it will be put to good use.

Wow TN pond manager!!...that is an AWESOME rod! I too have been known to build a rod or two...but nothing like that! Heck I would be afraid to fish with it!