clayton86

I went in the kayak for a few hours today didn't catch anything but it felt great to be out. Had 40mph winds so it was mostly spent paddling against current and wind at the same time because it was a south wind and not a west like they called for. Had a few northerns chase spinner baits and pointers to the side of the yak with out biting which was fine they are out of season and I like my pointers lol.

Here in WNY most the rivers are open been catching trout pretty good. Parts of one of the big lakes is open near the mouth of the river and down about half a mile. Couple of the stone quarrys on my road are completely thawed and some are partial while others still are solid ice. I'm going out in the kayak tomorrow in on of the rivers gonna be a heck of a paddle but I'm determined to get out.

According to their Facebook page they have different size blanks for turning cups or bowls so I'm sure they have something that will work for rods. I was thinking split grips wouldn't be to heavy

They have a list of suppliers to order from I checked out monkey something something suppliers they have all their color options and blank sizes.

I'm game as wellFirst we need all this white crap to go away

Came across this on fb for custom knife scales so I looked the company up and they have blanks for turning just about anything. Thought it would make a sweet custom rod handles some stuff is very pricy($125) but for the most part it's not bad ($15) for the smaller blanks that I think would work for a rod handle. I'm gonna order some to have some coyote calls made and while I'm at it see if my buddy can do a reel handle. http://beyondwoodproducts.com/dnn/ Little sample of what they look like.

That's sweet

Went to bed with 0 snow other then the piles from plows. Woke up and there is at least 3" on the ground and covering my truck. Either way my favorite river is opened up its a little high and looks like chocolate milk but I'm going Monday in the kayak I don't care if I'm wearing tons of layers I am getting out I need it.

That was me when I first got into this hobby when dvt told me about them. I'm waiting till I get a few builds under my belt before j spring for one of them sexy looking geek rods

Raider you have to do it now

I read that article but found it confusing when it said start the wrap then back spool the one thread. Step 1: The Base Wrap With the spool running through the thread tensioner under light tension, start the wrap with the chosen color for the base and wrap to about an 1/8”, with the wrap direction going to the right. Tuck the chosen base inlay thread direct from its spool into the last turn of thread on the base wrap and do three or four more turns on the base wrap to secure it in place (1). Reverse the inlay thread spool back around the rod the same amount of turns until it is back to its starting point. Holding the base thread and the inlay thread side by side, with the inlay thread on the right side, begin to wrap both threads si- multaneously, being careful not to allow the threads to cross each-other and back-wind over themselves (2)Once the desired length is reached, back-wind the inlay thread spool around the rod one turn and pass it under the tensioned base wrap thread so it tucks securely under the last base wrap turn. Trim the inlay thread close and wrap the base thread until it mirrors the other end of the wrap. Tie off and trim as usual. I get the second part it's just saying to finish the wrap basically but the first part is confusing me I'm probably over thinking it

I subscribe to doc ski I watched a bunch of his videos but I find he kinda jumps around his tiger wrapping tutorial he already has the base down and is doing the sacrificial. Or his other one he starts it a few wraps then pauses the video and it's finished he never goes into putting the finish or steps between the base wrap and taking off the sacraficial. I do like his videos though other then the skipping around some.

Any one have any tips on how to do this. I read a article on rod maker magazine about it few parts are kinda confusing but for the most part seems pretty simple and straight forward. I need a different wrapper to do it though because you need three threads and mine only holds two barely. Thinking of doing a tiger wrap in red and black on my next build for my drop shot rod since it's getting paired with my Stradic ci4.

A few spots that were frozen over a week ago are open running water now. The quarry by my house had 24" of ice last Friday today it's open along the shoreline. Seen 3 robins yesterday as well in a field that had some grass showing definitely won't be long. Got this guy yesterday in one of the spots that I ice fished just days earlier but it's open now

This was my first time targeting them. I usually catch them in the spring fishing for small mouth they like white spinnerbaits slow rolled. I might throw one tomorrow or Monday at the dam show me something different and turn heads from all the guys throwing eggs and flys.

In an effort to be I the water more I'm taking up other fish to target besides bass. I have a good buddy who exclusively targets trout and travels all over chasing them with a fly rod or center pin. Linked up with him this evening to learn how to target trout better then my accidental hook up when they smash a spinner bait or rattle trap when I'm fishing for smallies. He gave me one of his hand tied 1/32 oz maribu jigs and a float I tied it onto my drop shotting set up and tried it out. Lost my first one that hit but got the second one on the infamous last cast and I'm going home cast. Needless to say I'm hooked I'm getting a trout set up or two and going back Sunday and Monday.

104. I go on BR for the fishing forums

I don't have that much and it's mostly dirt it's by one of the dog runs and tree swing where the kids play but still I see green grass.

Been in the 40s lately well like the last 2 days and I can see patche's of my yard woohoo. Southerners no need to gloat let us Yankees have this as I'm sure it will be short lived

Pretty sure I've got arthritis already at the prime age of 28. All my joints ache knees, elbows, knuckles even my toes ache and crack every time I curl them. I know there's guys here with arthritis what's a remedy to help with it. I've been taking Aleive which has been helping some.

Any local sweet spots I just moved out here from lyndonville in the fall. I got the hulburton quarry's in my back yard and canal across the street so I've got a few spots I can walk to for quick outings but don't know how well they are other then the canal I know sucks.

Yeah o was looking at my fenwick elite ice rod today and was thinking the same thing about the quality of the wraps and then the finish with drips and bubbles. Looks like it's wraped with size d thread looks more like rope then anything

Yup I did that on it a few times lol.

Well since I started doing my own rods I've had a few people interested I traded one for a bow rack and sold my second one to a guy I coyote hunt with. Just a ice rod the blue one in my other threads. He asked if I could build one for him a few weeks ago and how much I shot him a price of $50 barely covering the cost of the build not accounting for my time but it's a ice rod so I didn't want to go to high. He agreed and I ordered the parts. Well today he finally came and picked it up its been finished for about a week now but work schedules didn't work out till today. I gave him his rod he looked ever inch of it over I was nervous the whole time because I was beating my self up over the build I found so many things I didn't like one wrap out of place a scratch I didn't buff out of the clear coat a speck of China marker I didn't catch and wipe off all itty bitty tiny stuff It took me over a week of looking the thing over to find. Anyways he looked it over and over played with the action a bit said he absolutely loved it and it would be perfect for perch on Lake Erie. I was so relieved and ecstatic he like it and wants a few more and is going to show his brother in law who showed Intrest also. Now if I could only catch something on the one I built for myself.