Blue Jay Tiger Rod

[Garry2Rs]

Last summer, a friend brought me some feathers from a Blue Jay that was dead beside the highway.

 

This week I inlaid a few of these into a blue Tiger Wrap casting rod I am working on.

 

The rod blank is a Mag Bass 843, which means it's a 7' medium heavy rod, rated for 1/4 to 3/4 ounce baits and best suited for Pitching, Jig&Pig, Spinnerbaits or Texas Rigs.

 

The cork pieces were hand made on my old lathe and the reel seat threads were shortened to exactly fit my Calcutta and Chronarch reels.

 

This is how it looks so far...

 

 

Feather detail...

 

 

Rear Tiger detail...

 

 

Front Tiger detail

 

 

Trimming the threads on the reel seat gets rid of about 1/2 inch of unneeded threads.

I think it makes for a nice "custom fitted" look when the reel is attached.

 

Garry2R's

[I'mHooked]

Very nice.

Wish I had the time and patience to try something like that.

 

Looks good!

Edited October 26, 2012 by I'mHooked

[mepps]

Nice, looks awesome!

[misfish]

That is very cool Garry. I really like that feather touch.

Edited October 26, 2012 by Misfish

[ChrisK]

Sweet pole Garry !!

[Christopheraaron]

Nice! Very nice looking rod!

[Garry2Rs]

Thanks guys.

 

I really like turning my own grips, making the lines flow together.

 

The guides went on this morning. It's been on the dryer since about 9AM.

 

Today was very windy, but it looks like things are calming down. If that holds, I'll water test it tomorrow.

[mercman]

Very Unique Garry !