another calcutta Bamboo Gaff this one is 5ft long.
Handsome gaff! :d
Great work, compadre. Everyone of your builds, I see where your skill continues refine. Kon-Tiki was one of my favorite reads as a kid.
Nice looking gaff Alex!
Wow !! .................... I want one ! One day I will drive down to pick up a rod and a gaff and do some fishing.
Cheers:
Todd
@ Squider, thanks amigo
@ John, yep, that story is pretty cool and insteresting, well, I just saw the movie ^-^
@ Sheridan, gracias compadre
@ Todd, you're more than welcome to come at this part of Baja, I will have the rod and gaff ready !
Very nice, i like the concept. Loosely related I was thinking about that kayak gaff you made some time back, as an idea for my buddy's now broken rod.
Quote from: JasonGotaProblem on September 08, 2022, 07:46:42 PMVery nice, i like the concept. Loosely related I was thinking about that kayak gaff you made some time back, as an idea for my buddy's now broken rod.
I just made a Gaff for a Friend from a broken rod around 3 weeks ago, I never though on show it here because its way too basic and simple, basically I just dremel out the hoods of the reelseat and build a grip there, the rod already had its name (I restored that rod for him, he runs a fishing charter) took out the guides, cut the blank and installed the gaff hook
well Kon-tiki Boat needed another Gaff but shorter just to lift the fish when is pretty close to the boat, so, I made one really similar but 3ft long
Gee Alex why waste your time, you no there to nice to use man, cheers Don.
I kinda want to commission you to make me one just to put on the wall, not gonna lie.
Quote from: boon on May 27, 2025, 11:35:05 PMI kinda want to commission you to make me one just to put on the wall, not gonna lie.
haha, nice compliment amigo, thanks
not gonna lie, but I already experienced something similar, few years ago I built a custom rod with Mexican flag colors and the owner liked the rod that much that he decided to not use the rod any longer and put it on a place on his living room along with his personal loved trophies 8) ^-^
Great job, on those gaffs! How are you securing the "hook" to the blank, before you wrap it?
Quote from: steelfish on May 27, 2025, 11:45:41 PMQuote from: boon on May 27, 2025, 11:35:05 PMI kinda want to commission you to make me one just to put on the wall, not gonna lie.
haha, nice compliment amigo, thanks
not gonna lie, but I already experienced something similar, few years ago I built a custom rod with Mexican flag colors and the owner liked the rod that much that he decided to not use the rod any longer and put it on a place on his living room along with his personal loved trophies 8) ^-^
Haha you have truly hit the point of "too nice to use". Testament to your workmanship.
Relly nice Alex, and you started with some nice bamboo too. Do you know what kind it is?
Quote from: Crow on May 28, 2025, 12:45:52 AMGreat job, on those gaffs! How are you securing the "hook" to the blank, before you wrap it?
well, the gaff hook has a bent on the end so, I made a hole on the bamboo pole to insert that part, that way the hook wont slip out when you pull a fish, I also like put a pretty decent amount of glue epoxy all the way along the gaff hook and then the cord, so far so good.
Quote from: oc1 on May 28, 2025, 05:33:40 AMRelly nice Alex, and you started with some nice bamboo too. Do you know what kind it is?
hey amigo, I ordered some calcutta bamboo poles which are supposedly the ones recommended to be used for fishing Gaffs because they have the walls of the pole 3x or more thicker than other species of bamboo.
Quote from: steelfish on May 28, 2025, 03:41:50 PMQuote from: oc1 on May 28, 2025, 05:33:40 AMRelly nice Alex, and you started with some nice bamboo too. Do you know what kind it is?
hey amigo, I ordered some calcutta bamboo poles which are supposedly the ones recommended to be used for fishing Gaffs because they have the walls of the pole 3x or more thicker than other species of bamboo.
I thought so. Calcutta is hard to find these days but there is a guy in Huntington Beach that sells it. When I was a kid in South Texas every bait or tackle shop would have calcutta cane poles for sale.
Good thing that little storm is supposed to fizzle out.