I finished my cross wrap..

[RiverAngler]

I guess the 6th time is the charm. I ended up cutting off the green and gold. Not enough contrast, and I realized I had made a mistake on my base threads. New colors are Rattan and Black. I think it works much better.I still have minor packing and some straightening to do, but I'm now ready for the end wraps/hookeeper and guides.

At this time I have to give a shout out to Chad (cbar45) for his support, atta boys, and tool tips. He directed me to some tools I  did not know I needed, which have since become indispensable. Thank You, Chad! I really appreciate you!





                                                                     

[Shark Hunter]

Nice wraps my man.

[Tightlines667]

Holy moly.. those turned out great.

Sounds like this one was a great learnimg experience.

I think I like your final color choices.  

Hopefully, I can go through a similar experience one of these days here.  I don't think I will get anything near the same results though.

Nice work!

[RiverAngler]

Thanks, Guys. I'm pretty happy with it even though it took 6 tries. I had to start somewhere. And yes, the colors are a much better choice for the mallard green tint I gave the rod.

I do about 6- 10 reels a week, and do rod repairs, too. I just wanted to up my game by learning how to do this. Next up is my 10 year old sturgeon rod, which is a old Seeker SWB 70h Black Classic (getting ahead of myself already). The only issue I had was my 65 yo eyes go buggy after a while, so I have to stop and take 5 from time to time. Now I have to figure out how I want to wrap the end caps, and the guides due to the color change.

Ralph

[cbar45]

Ralph--I'm glad to have been of help--but the end result here is 100% your blood, sweat, and tears.

First Snowflake of the season and it turned out really well!

Cross-Out, Box-Out, Switch, and Repeat...

[Tiddlerbasher]

Lovely work - almost a hypnotic effect

[RiverAngler]

Between football games and other stuff I finished the tip end tie off. I've done simple trim bands, but no inlays or JTOB's yet. I figured if I was stretching might as well stretch out.



Next the butt end and hook keeper.

No snowflakes yet (except on rods  ), Chad, but it rained like the Devil here today. We really needed it.

[RiverAngler]

Holy moly.. those turned out great.

Sounds like this one was a great learning experience.

It's been a labor of love. I've had that ole' rod for nearly 2 decades and I didn't want to give it up. And I've learned VOLUMES about cross wrapping resurrecting it.

Ralph

[Newell Nut]

That is nice looking pattern but requires more patience than I have. Great job.
Dwight

[RiverAngler]

Hey! Thanks Dwight! I finished the butt end and hook keeper and put the first coat of CP on it. Looking good.