happy camper

it's been quite some time since we've last seen this rod

nice to know that it's found a proper home

as a matter of fact, "it's something of a small cannon."

indeed...
"Thanks Mikey, this rod really kicked some serious ass on a windy as hell stretch of Co water, and really tied the trip together."

that's a granger 7030
and a repeat photo...

because it's badass

169%

ganked this badass shot from the website that doesn't exist

first of three poore girl rods

photo by befuddled angler matt poore

thanks mang

two more out the door

these two are on their way out too...

rod on the brighter pink sock - driggs river special

the other cattanach 7ft 4wt

the poore girl rods are finished...

sneak preview

these two are racing for the finish line

obligatory agate cheesecake

cold snap

usually it's the heat that brings me indoors to finish wrapping rods

well I don't wanna work in the cold ass cave

I've got two commissioned rods to get the fuck outta my hands

and into the rightful owners

two blondes for myself that I swore I wasn't gonna finish

well, I'll do one for sure

maybe put the other on the market...who knows?

anyways,  I thought it was high time we got some damned bamboo on the blog

it's been a while, eh?

wrapping the last poore girl rod

note the absence of that shaggy mane that made me look like a felon
beloved wife made me do that...

wrapping chris' rod in (gasp) jasper!

I wanna go play golf for a couple daze
in the sunshine

because

we do build fishing poles hereabouts...

or something like that...

photodump...

my woodpile is growing

vivid carrots

crispy refreshing bright celery

end result = one kickass pot of  homemade from scratch dumpchix

oh one from the shoppe

we're working

jewelry

tools of the trade pt II

nodemaster 5000 makes a breeze out of gruntwork

claro walnut reelseat

w/ blued rec n/s hardware

gorgeous eh?

slated to be fit to poore girls rod #2 this afternoon

*note the blood on the planing forms*

dipstick

poore girl rod #2 being dipped

soon to be done...

grunt work

after months of languishing

doing the rather leisurely work of wrapping and varnishing

I'm back at the grunt work

knocking down nodes for the season's two final rods

pressing should start today

the tedium is downright tantalizing...

so anyways, one of the strips was cut off just above the node

so I snapped a pic of either side of the cut

interesting perhaps...

workin' hard playin' hard

ted nugent song right?

more like hardly workin' playin' harder

yeah I can get behind that

I have been known to work - at least a little bit

"I really hate to work but I'll deny it if you ask"

-russ tolman

test casting poore girl rod #1

always make play a part of yer day

for all practical purposes she's done

mandatory agate shot

for you bruddah!

poore girl agate

red cedar

reel seat glued on poore girl rod #1

granger deluxe 7030

poore girls rod bags

these bags can only mean one thing...

dipping is imminent

blue bag is in case dad decides to use one of the rods

wrap-o-rama

 from left to right

granger deluxe 7ft 4wt taper driggs thomas 6ft 8in 3wt thomas 7ft 4wt

granger tip in wrapping stands

a rodmaker's gift

this showed up in yesterday's mail...

ain't but one thing to do w/ such a thing...

someone out there may just get the mistaken impression
that rodbuilders are a bunch of lushes

thanks fud

busy saturday

where's my fucking weekend?

rough planed the strips for poore girl rod #3

it's fun making curls again