What a nice surprise....

[Shark Hunter]

Great work Dwight. I bet Sal is still looking at it. Awesome build for a Awesome Guy.

[fsrmn]

VERY nice 

[coastal_dan]

Beautiful!  Which reel are you thinking of mounting to it?  I know you've had a green thing lately, they would pair up nicely.

[fIsHsTiiCkS]

Dwight makes some amazing rods! Now we have to see some pics of what you catch with that bad boy!

[steelfish]

Nice.. excellent work , congrats ro both of you, the builder and the owner.

Sal if you ever feel like selling it I can use that rod with pride too, it has the same colors of my flag.
Or I can order one to Dwight in a near future as well.

[Alto Mare]

Beautiful!  Which reel are you thinking of mounting to it?  I know you've had a green thing lately, they would pair up nicely.

Here you go Dan:



I was putting it together at the same time.

Nice.. excellent work , congrats ro both of you, the builder and the owner.

Sal if you ever feel like selling it I can use that rod with pride too, it has the same colors of my flag.
Or I can order one to Dwight in a near future as well.

No, this rod would never go up for sale .
I'm glad you guys enjoyed it, maybe if we share a boat one day, I'll make you use it...NOT!

[Reel 224]

That is a beautiful combo Sal. Who wouldn't be proud of that.

[steelfish]

nice reel you have there, did you painted the side plates where they aluminuim or bakelite?

[Newell Nut]

That is one cool looking reel. Great match up. The rest of the collection is quite impressive as well.

[coastal_dan]

First off....I vote this Rod/Reel combo of the year...fantastic in every way.  I'm blown away, I just re-read some of that reel build too, too cool.

Second, love your collection corner.  I see quite a few goodies in there, and some very special pieces as well.  Maybe sometime I'll stop by with a 6 pack of Peroni as an entrance fee to take a peek 

[thorhammer]

Sal and Dwight, great work on this outfit!

Sal, whats the stick hanging above with the Mildrum's on it?


John

[ChileRelleno]

Madre di tutto ciò che è italiano, che è molto bello!

[Alto Mare]

Sal and Dwight, great work on this outfit!

Sal, whats the stick hanging above with the Mildrum's on it?


John

John, its a Fenwick 670  130 class, same as the rod on the movie Jaws .
I'm not sure you've seen these, I have a couple more:

Madre di tutto ciò che è italiano, che è molto bello!

...funny John

[Tightlines667]

Cool rods!  I love the older Fenwick big game rods.  Do you have any 80 class?

[Alto Mare]

Cool rods!  I love the older Fenwick big game rods.  Do you have any 80 class?

Yes John.
From the left, 1 to 4 are Penn, 5 & 6 are 50 class, 7 & 8 are130 class, 9 & 10 are 80 class and 11 is 100 class.