Good To Get Out

Some small stream fishing for Wild Browns

Here are some photos I took while fishing for wild Browns last week. My version of a PHY midge was a great tool for this. It fished small streamers and nymphs without missing a beat. This 6'3" Four Weight is just a great small stream rod. It was good to get out. It was even better because the water flows were perfect and the fish even cooperated.

There is a creek way down there.

Some of the residents of the stream.

Great spot pattern on these fish.

Nodeless Rod

The nodeless strips on this rod are now all spliced and glued. The glue has been scraped and they are roughed into 60 degree triangles. I think I will make this into a 7 or 8 weight for Great Lakes Small mouth fishing.

Photo of the nodeless strips clamped together and drying after glue up.

Strips cleaned up and roughed out and ready to go.

Updates

Rod #421602 is varnished and now drying. It will be ready to go as soon as the varnish is dry enough to rub out any imperfections and then polish. Excuse the mediocre iPhone photos.

Stepping guide coming out of the dip tube after first coat of varnish.

Varnished and waiting to fully dry now.