German flag theme fishing rod restoration

[steelfish]

this time, a good friend asked me to make a full restoration to his old rod, a St. Croix Seafari series, he  saw some of my works on the mexican flag rods and american flag rod and since he is from Germany he wanted a German Flag Theme fishing rod, he wanted to use the guides that were in good shape but some of the runners guides had to be changed as well as the tip
no much to say other than he already used the rod two times casting for sierras and curvinas and the rod performed really nice.
























in the next few weeks I will post my first ever fishing rod build from the scratch, after all therestoration jobs I have made in the last two years I finally did the jump to build a complete rod.

[gstours]

Alex, you do good work.  Even your pictures are great.   That cat box rocks.   Thanks for sharing.

[Reel 224]

Restoration is more difficult the making a rod from the blank IMO..................................Joe

[steelfish]

Restoration is more difficult the making a rod from the blank IMO..................................Joe

yep, 3x harder work that building a rod from the scratch, everybody told me that but I didnt believed until finally working on a new build, man!! I need to start charging 3x more when restoring an old rod  , but naaah, Im good the way its rigth now, I never did it for the money, I actually learned and practiced restoring rods from my friends before working on my own rods, so mine ended up looking better LOL 

Alex, you do good work.  Even your pictures are great.   That cat box rocks.   Thanks for sharing.

Thanks Gary, the cat box still have life for more rods.

[Shark Hunter]

Looks Great Alex.
Fine work.

[Swami805]

Looks good Alex, I bet that guy is a happy camper

[steelfish]

Looks good Alex, I bet that guy is a happy camper

Thanks a lot master Sheridan,

this guy told me that he now have a new go-to rod, he use it from the beach, boat, pier, etc,

[RowdyW]

Alex, another beauty as usual.     Rudy

[steelfish]

Looks Great Alex.
Fine work.

Alex, another beauty as usual.     Rudy

thanks Guys, but Im just an amateur having fun giving new life to some beat-up rods

[Alto Mare]

Impresionante trabajo, Alex!

Sal

[steelfish]

Impresionante trabajo, Alex!

Sal

muchas gracias amigo Sal

[Brewcrafter]

That is a beautiful "one of a kind" work of art.

[droppedit]

You've done well Alex. I always enjoy looking at your work.


Dave

[sdlehr]

Beautiful work, Alex. And Gary is right, it's not easy to photograph a rod and you've done a great job at that too.

[Tiddlerbasher]

Very sweet Alex - I like