Tuesday, December 8, 2015

McFarland Spuce Creek 7033








Mildrum stripper and Snake Brand guides wrapped in Pearsall's Jasper, finished with marine grade spar varnish. Custom cap&ring reel seat.

Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Kabuto 8ft 5wt - the "Colorless project"

It is a joint project of Erich and me.
White Pearsall's silk wraps whit discrete, "cork" color tipping and similar color wood insert.
Other is visible: Lemke down locking reel seat skeleton  and Snake Brand guides.








DIamondglass 7ft 6in 3wt

The same components as the 8643 Diamondglass I build this year, but in shorter length and lighter line:








Thursday, September 10, 2015

10ft 4wt 4pc Nymph fly rod in simple and clean style

Rod for Euro style, short line nymphing technique. 
Medium-fast action 
The rod will be your arm extension while leading your nymph rig, will let you fill every stone, bump, or spooky fish bite and will protect your finest tippets. It has enough backbone to fight trophy fish and with this rod it would be a massive trill. 
It doesn't mean it wont present a dry fly with fines if there are rising fishes...   

The components I used:
- Seymo snake guides and tip top, wrapped with finest Pearsall’s silk;
- Snake Brand (Fuji) striper guide;
- Custom turned top flor cork handle;
- Up locking reel seat with custom bamboo insert;
- Custom rod cloth;
- Custom Alu tube, cork caps (& bamboo cap as option).
The rod weight is 3.84oz or 109 gr. I put more weight in the but section using heavier reel seat, so you would balance the rod with lighter reel. 






Sunday, August 30, 2015

Diamondglass 8643

Diamondglass 8ft 6in #4 3pc new stock blank
Snake Brand Universal guides and SB tip top
Mildrum stripper guide
Top flor custom handle
Up locking nickel silver reel seet
Pearsall's silk thread.







Saturday, August 29, 2015

Kabuto 7ft #4 3pc

Kabuto 7043 translucent blank
Snake Brand Original snake guides
Snake Brand tip top
Heavy wire, low profile TiCH stripper guide
Pearsall's Gossamer silk - Jasper
Top flor cork handle
Lemke LC14 slide band reel seat with custom bamboo insert
Custom rod cloth
Genuine leather rod tube
$??? + mail me at: pl_ivanov@mail.bg or plamenivanov2011@gmail.com