Pudelpointer Rod

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Built a 4 wt fly rod for a guy who wanted to incorporate his hunting dog into the theme. We started with an RX8 four piece fly rod from Batson and a black ash burl blank that I turned into the handle and reel seat. The finish is CA. Used a spent .45 shell for a butt inlay. I got a picture of the customers hunting dog and photo shopped it to get the profile for the decal on the handle. He chose chameleon coated guides and then a black widow wrap. I tried to do the wrap in the colors that are reflected in the chameleon guides.

[Hardyboy]

I have a question Chad, you said you photo shopped a picture of his dog for the silhouette for the decal. Do you print your own decals? and if so where do you get the sheets for the decals. Also are you using just a home based standard printer? Sorry for the list of questions but i would like to be able to do my own decals and looking for any info you might have. Thanks in advance for your time and understanding.

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Yes, I create all my decals from scratch. I use clear back water slide decal paper from decalconnection.com. I have an Epson Artisan 710 inkjet printer that works great and I've also had good luck with a few HP printers. Here's the process I generally use:

http://www.rodbuildingtutorials.com/Misc...id%20Rogers.pdf

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He should be happy with that!

[Scupper]

Beautiful work. You sure know how to personalize them sticks.

Thanks for sharing.

Scott

[Hardyboy]

Hey thanks Chad that's exactly what i was looking for. That was a great help.

[Dark Cloud]

Quite impressive, nice work!