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December greetings and new rods


Garry2Rs

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Hello frozen friends. Hope you are staying warm and dry.

As you might guess, December in Arizona, is quite different than in Ontario.

Down here the Oranges and Lemons are ripening!

Soon we will have to make gallons off citrus drinks, just to get rid of them.

Thank goodness Smirnoff's is only $10.00 a bottle...Wink.

 

I continue to wrap rods and I'm still in love with the Tiger Wrap.

Here are my latest efforts.

 

Crank-bait in Orange

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Detail...

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Casting in Green:

This rod was built last year, but I recently added a Tiger wrap to dress it up.

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Detail...

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Crank-bait in Brown:

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Detail...

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Spinning in Blue and Yellow:

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Detail:

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This is a new San Francisco Giants themed rod:(Note ripening Lemons in background.)

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Detail of front end...

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Detail rear grip...

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On the SF Giants rod and on the Blue/Yellow I wasn't happy with the way the orange, white and yellow thread darkened, when wound onto a charcoal coloured blank. I used Colour Preserver, but when the finish dried, the orange had darkened, the whites had a gray cast and the yellow looked slightly green. To keep the whites "clean" and allow the other light colours to retain their original shades, I sprayed the areas that would have light coloured thread with flat white primer...This cured the problem.

 

Happy Holiday's

Garry2R's

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Hi Brian;

Glad to hear the weather is moderating!

My daughter is flying, out of Buffalo tomorrow, for a short visit.

I feel better knowing that she won't have to drive through nasty weather to get to the plane.

Garry

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