[Daniel Rees]

Both builds looking fantastic. I've got a PayBay Quickline 9wt here that I've just started and a 9'4wt Dancraft FTL that I'm rebuilding minus the bottom section to give me a 7'6".

Sandy, mind if I ask what pen/ink you used to draw the shrimp on the blank?

Cheers
Dan

[Sandy Nelson]

Dan it’s one of these





They cost me about a £1 from the range. I’d say one lasts 10 rods before it starts leaking then I chuck and get another.
Easy to use, clean and neat. Just leave it overnight to dry before epoxy and it works fine, no problems 
 I’ve black , gold and silver ones too just in case.

Sandy

[Daniel Rees]

Awesome Sandy, thanks 

[Sandy Nelson]

888 now completed and looking nice in sun this evening.









I’m sure this one is going to have a lot of fun 

Sandy

[Mike Barrio]

Nice rod 

[Eddie Sinclair]

Sandy, looking good. Once all the travel restrictions are over and I head to Louisiana to the Lafayette office I aim to get a bend or two in the rod with some redfish.

Fast glass is much more robust than graphite for messing around in the back country. Thanks as always for an excellent build. I guess I will just have to content myself with a few practice casts in the garden for now.

Eddie 

[Jim Eddie]

Blue is the colour 
 

Jim

[Eddie Sinclair]

Jim, that could be an FA  cup song.

You need to be a certain age to remember the Chelsea squad singing (badly) to those words.

Eddie

[Jim Eddie]

Jim, that could be an FA  cup song.

You need to be a certain age to remember the Chelsea squad singing (badly) to those words.

Eddie

according

Aye football is the game  Eddie

 
Jim

[Eddie Sinclair]

 






Sandy,

The 888 arrived today. Took a couple of pics with the Sds bonefish reel and had a few casts on the grass. Looks ace and casts great, thanks again for an excellent build. Once lockdown is out of the way I hope to put a bend or two in the rod.

Eddie

[Sandy Nelson]

Nice reel 

Looks to be an awesome outfit, can’t wait to see a few fish pics and see just what you chase with them. Redfish are 3rd on my bucket list yet to tick
Enjoy

Sandy

[Sandy Nelson]

I got asked to build the Amber 580 for a customer.
He went for a classic Style build with red wraps, and agate with a nice spalted maple seat.










I now have my last remaining blank, a Livingston 7’ 3wt in Black Sglass in production. Have gone for a Celtic style etched reel seat. So will be quite different again. However it will be completed by next weekend, so I hope they let us go fishing soon. I’ve run out of things to make until my new range of blanks arrive at the end of June.

Sandy

[Mike Barrio]

What does the 'Celtic' style reel seat look like Sandy?

[Sandy Nelson]

It’s vaguely Celtic. It’s also one I got as a one off, which I can get again if I wanted.

Nice cork too in a simple tapered grip.


Here there the silk wetted to match the wood. You can see the etching better too



So a wee bit different, but rather smart I thought

[Mike Barrio]

Looks nice 

[Euan Innes]

Lovely rod right there Sandy and that reel seat looks ace.

Euan

[Eddie Sinclair]

Looking good Sandy, love the Celtic reel seat.

Eddie

[Eddie Sinclair]

Looking good Sandy, love the Celtic reel seat.

Eddie

[Kerry Jordan]

Can you get a Rangers reel seat?
😉

[Euan Innes]

Is the rod not blue enough?????

Euan

[Sandy Nelson]

Finished the Black Glass 7’3wt Livingston.
This is the perfect small stream rod. Roll casting, bows and arrows, tight quarters it’s perfect. When you do get space it can cast really well up to 50’ and you would never be doing that on a small burn. It makes every fish feel like a cracker. A great way to have a lot of fun away from everyone else.

Super clean Flor grade taper grip, etched downsliding seat with olive wood insert, apricot wraps over smoked snakes to match the wood and a lovely smooth coffee agate from Joe Arguello. Alignments dots too. I’ve got a tweed bag from Sandra and a glass fiber tube for it to live in.









If it’s of interest drop me a PM

Sandy

[James Laraway]

the spiral wrap on the blank reminds me of my first proper pike rod from Dawia. I forget its name but im sure it was a 'magnesium' wrap ?!?!?

[Sandy Nelson]

James

That is unground, unvarnished black S glass. As light and as strong as you can make it. The glass fiber cloth itself is black so no paint.  What you see is how it is when the tape is removed.
It has a lovely texture but is very difficult to photograph.
The black glass has an amazing look when the light hits it, but I haven’t worked out how to capture the effect in pictures yet, this come close.

[Mike Barrio]

That looks great Sandy 

[Euan Innes]

Jeez Sandy, that is just lovely 
For anyone that doesn't have a glass 7' #3 in their life, you just need one.

Euan