Nymphing the "mooving" run..

Well the opening of the trout season has caught me with my camera wrapped around my neck..didn't get to fish much but caught some great shots&colours on the fast moving water, fishin' with a good friend..thanx for stopping by!!

The Loch rod..

Blank: Dan Craft's Five Rivers FT1006-4
Handle: Struble Full Wells
Seat: Struble U15HG Gray Anodized Aluminium
Guides: AmTak Titanium strippers with H&H Tich single foot guides
Thread: Black with double silver trimmings
Rod tube: Landmark cordura pvc
Rod cloth: handmade

9wt.."The gun"

Here is a heck of a 9wt. that I've recently finished for a guy who's after big pikes in the Danube Delta..until I'll receive some fishy pictures from him with the rod in action, you can take a good look on this rod's esthetics..possibly the most handsome handle and fighting butt I've built so far. The rod is equiped with ceramic guides, from butt to tip (two oversized double foot guides for better distance shooting), the latest in light weight and durability. The line truly flows through these guides and big distances are at home with this ultra fast action rod.
Thankx for looking everyone!!

Blank: Dan Craft Five Rivers FT 909-4
Guides: Alps Polished Titanium ceramic single foot guides/oversized stripping guides
Reel seat: Struble U18HG (with tapered grooves for retaining the hook)
Handle: Custom turned premium cork/fight.butt with rubberized ends, "burnt" accents and copano burl
Thread: Gudebrod charcoal nylon wraps with gunsmoke metallic tippings

Light and long..2 wt. "french nymph" rod

Hi everyone!
Here is a truly one of a kind light nymphing rod that I've been waiting to build for some time. This rod will make a perfect fishing tool for those fast flowing trout streams, whether for fishing nymphs or dry flies, short czeck nymphing or the french style with long ultrathin leaders for slow cristal clear streches of water and spooky fish. This ultralight rod will handle them all, whenever finesse, line control and presentation are the magic words. I know some frech guys will go nuts after this boy..Thank you all for stopping by!!

Blank: Dan Craft (Five Rivers) Signature III 10'4" 3pc. 2wt. (custom "french nymph" blank)
Guides: AmTackle light wire super hard chrome snake guides
Reel Seat: double sliding rings custom turned seat/cork insert
Wraps: Orange nylon thread
Handle: Extra select grade cigar grip
Rod weight: 62gr. (2.21oz.)

Tightloops and lines to you all in the new season!!
George

Snake Brand Universal Guide release!!

After a long wait, Mike McCoy, designer and owner of the legendary Snake Brand fly rod guides, has finnally released a new patented snake guide called "The Universal Guide".
From my understanding, these new guides have individual wire sizes to perfectly match the desired location on the blank, this meaning that smaller sizes of guides have smaller wire diameters in order to complement the highly advanced blank designs of our days. Plus, the new guides feature radiused and identically tapered guide feet in order to reduce bulky epoxy finishes and maintain recovery rate of tip sections of blanks. In addition, these new guides sit flat and straight on the rod blank wich eliminates all the guide foot preparation work, prior to wrapping.

The concave radious on the bottom of the guide foot is an industry's first, according to what Mike says, this being a huge benefit for the modern rodbuilder of our days. These new guides are self-orienting and self-aligning, resulting less time spent by the rodbuilder and more efficient work involved in creating that one of a kind fly rod we all strive for!

http://www.snakeguides.com/Snake_Brand_Overview.pdf

Mike's new guides can be seen at the Custom Rod Building Exposition in High Point North Carolina this weekend and at the EWF Show in Munich April 17'th and 18'th!

Snake Brand Guides
"The Worlds Finest Fly Rod Guides"

13808 NE 242nd St
Battle Ground, WA 98604
phone: 360-666-9928
fax: 360-666-6249
http://www.snakeguides.com

Not another nymph stick..

Blank: Five Rivers FT 10'6" 4pc. 3wt with two tips (custom blank)
Guides: REC Recoil single foot light with H&H light wire chrome tip tops
Reel Seat: Struble U17 Aluminium Imbuya Wood
Handle: Extra select grade cigar shape with burnt cork accents
Thread wraps: Gudebrod Nylon garnet with silver single trims
Rod tube & sock: handmade
Rod weight: 96gr.
Application: "french style" nymphing

"The one"..weight

Blank: Sage TXL 7'10" 3pc. 1wt.

Guides: Snake Brand Hard Chrome/Fugi stripping guide
Reel Seat: REC Nickel Silver Upsliding Knurled /Green dyed Black Ash Burl stabilized wood
Wraps: Golden olive Silk
Handle: Cigar Highest Grade Cork (Flor)
Hook Keeper: Snake Brand
Rod Tube: Landmark Silver Satin Aluminium
Rod price: $595