unfrozen Posted June 29, 2010 Share Posted June 29, 2010 Recently finished my topwater rod. I saw a woodturning show on PBS and on one episode they were turning topwater lures and that gave me this idea for my topwater rod. I used a Rainshadow RX7 CB70MH for the blank and turned the split grips using bass wood. Got myself an airbrush to paint the grips...used one of my 6 year old daughters umpteen butterfly nets to simulate the scales. (I had her permission). I positioned the guides using the simple spiral method and ran 3.0 micros to the tip top. It casts and fishes great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Uran Posted June 29, 2010 Share Posted June 29, 2010 Wow, that's a beauty!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushing Posted June 29, 2010 Share Posted June 29, 2010 Cool! Very Creative! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upnorth Posted June 29, 2010 Share Posted June 29, 2010 Very cool indeed!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.W.Wolfram Posted July 4, 2010 Share Posted July 4, 2010 Vary nice build Chad!I love that blank, Great multi purpose rod for bass.Have you got to try it out yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lookincalifornia Posted July 4, 2010 Share Posted July 4, 2010 too cool! makes rod IDing a snap! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unfrozen Posted July 5, 2010 Author Share Posted July 5, 2010 Yea, been out a couple of times. Now I find out they're closing the access to O'Dowd for 6 weeks. I'll probably give Thole some time this summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MW AL Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 Sweet rod Chad. Wouldn't you think April early May or late Oct/Nov would have been a better time to shut down the access. Well, maybe not late Oct!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unfrozen Posted July 6, 2010 Author Share Posted July 6, 2010 Jan/Feb works for me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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