Recently, Jennifer and I headed over to Dominick's home for another tasty Italian meal, and when we arrived Dominick was in the garage wrapping his 2nd or 3rd fishing rod. Jennifer asked what type of rod he is wrapping, and "Salmon Rod" is what he said.
Jennifer asked if I have a salmon rod, I told her NO I make do with an Uglystik rod I have for Rockfishing. Jennifer looks at Dominick as said, Please make my husband a salmon rod, and it has to have PURPLE on it. Why? cause that's Jennifer's FAVORITE color!!!
I walked in their home to speak with Linda while Jen & Dominick worked out the details of the rod building deal. Well, the rod is complete, let's see the final product!
And a TOUCH of PURPLE!!!!
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A nice soft BUTT end for my soft underbelly!!!
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And a special insert - a Press-a-Penny - from Jennifer's collection. As a young girl, her favorite Aunt, Auntie Mabel, gave Jennifer her FIRST Press-a-Penny, and over the years, Jennifer has collected over 700 Press-a-Pennies!!!!! When we travel for business or pleasure, our deal is I'll spend a day fishing and Jennifer spends a day hunting the local area for Press-a-Penny machines. And where do you find these special machines, well here of course!!!! http://209.221.138.252/AreaList.aspx
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Now let's take it out in the daylight. Man, doesn't that purple just POP :o I know so!!!!
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And the Press-a-Penny I selected as the US Navy Pearl Harbor Memorial in Honolulu, Hawaii.
During a visit to Hawaii, we stopped at the USS Arizona Memorial and with our two sons shared a tearful moment with the loss of over 1,100 US Sailors & Marines during that fateful December 7, 1941 morning attack. My Dad was 14 years old and remembered listening to the radio in his parent's family room in rural North Dakota.
THANK YOU Dominick for your hand-crafted beauty, I do look forward to catching many salmon over the years to come with this Jennifer-design Dominick Hand-crafted fishing rod.
You are a great friend and fishing buddy now for 13+ years. THANK YOU for your rod-building craftsmanship.
Wayne
OH! Forgot to post the Rod Line Weight:
Seeker E-glass model 330 15-40 lbs. line weight
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DONE
Sweet rod! Great work Dominick! 8)
Wow Minicucch, I didn't know you had it in you.
Very nice job buddy!👍
Outstanding work Sir...Bill
That is one sweet rod , i like the colors and the theme.
Nice work,great looking rod!
That is one very special rod!
Dominick -- you never cease to amaze me!
Thanks for showing us this, Wayne...
Best, Fred
That is a beautiful rod! Very well done Dominic!!!
Dominick, you old councillor, I never knew you could do that 8)
Very nice Dominick. It didn't take you long to figure out rod building. You're a lucky guy Wayne.
-steve
Beautiful work !
Thanks everyone for the compliments. Don't look closely or you will see my mistakes. It's turned into an expensive hobby. I have $183.00 into another rod that I built and if anyone wants it for the cost of the materials it's theirs. Pics below. BTW The Fishing Hobby Wrapper is the best hand wrapping apparatus. It is easy to use. Dominick
BTW this was my first diamond wrap and I am happy with the end result. It's a Calstar Blank Model 500. If I remember right it is 20-40 lb. Dominick
Wow! Nice pole
Thanks. It's actually looks better than the photos show. I'm going to ask my photographer Wayno to come over and do his camera magic. Despite all the kidding he is a pretty good cameraman. Dominick
Thanks for the plug on my wrapping jig ;D
It looks really nice with the longer alignment rod. I'd like to ship them with a longer one but it would really increase my shipping costs and they are not cheap for people to buy to start with. I figured the next best thing would be to make the alignment rod out of something cheap and just about anyone can find locally that way they can get a longer one if they need it.
Yes, I bought a 10 foot piece and cut it with a pipe cutter into a 4 foot and 6 foot length. I had to drill one of the stands that comes without the alignment hole so that it was more stable. I am quite happy with the wrapper (here you go, another plug). :) Dominick
Quote from: Dominick on November 24, 2019, 10:51:56 PM
I'm going to ask my photographer Wayno to come over and do his camera magic. Despite all the kidding he is a pretty good cameraman. Dominick
PRETTY GOOD????
How about REELY GOOD!!!!
I'll be over.
Wayne
Wow Wayne, very nice rod. I didn,t know the old man had it in him? The coin and colors add a custom flair for sure. You are very forntunate to have such a good wife and friends. ;) Great job Dominick.
Quote from: Dominick on November 24, 2019, 08:35:29 PM
Thanks everyone for the compliments. Don't look closely or you will see my mistakes.
I still feel the same way, but a rod builder with more than 30 years of experience told me that 90% of the people wont notice those mistakes if you dont point them out, but because you know where are the mistakes, you see them everytime, so, relax and enjoy your creation, I really liked it, specially the marbleling, looks like you got it, its something I still need to try.
Quote from: Dominick on November 24, 2019, 08:35:29 PM
It's turned into an expensive hobby. I have $183.00 into another rod that I built..
wait till you want to buy blanks that cost more than that amount alone plus a guide set of Titanium and sic ring, etc, etc, a fishing rod with all the bells and whistles can be as expensive as you wallet allow.
congrats Wayne, you have a really special rod in your hands, planned and ordered by your wife and handcrafted by your good friend.
Nicely done Dom!! I like the marbling you've got going on there. Wayne- I'm looking forward to seeing you get some jumbos on that thing! Any thoughts as to what reel you're gong to put on it? (I mean other than purple...)
outstanding work Dominick.