World Record Brook Trout

[BrkTrt]

Not really.
With the membership of smallstreams, we should be having a lot more posting going on.

Lets go guys.


Brk Trt

[adam]

I kinda enjoy the quiet now and then.

I'm busy tying sakasa kebari for the new season. Researching new material on the history of tenkara, investigating Shugendo, soon I will begin to twist my own fly (tenkara) lines. I have been taught how.

Oh, I have a three piece six foot six inch bamboo pack rod being made for me, it is almost finished and it is a masterpiece. It is absolutely gorgeous ammonia toned beauty made by Steve Kiley.

I will backpack high into the mountains this year and send loops with it.

Plenty going on here.

Gus will get the place whipped into shape soon enough...


I am so excited about fishing this year.



So excited.

[BrkTrt]

It sounds as if you have been busy.
I would love to see a photo of that rod when its finished.

Brk Trt

[adam]

Ok, Steve made three, mine is to my spec.

Amonia toned (dark cane), black thread with silver tipping, black oversized agate stripping guide, petite handle with cork rings of my choice. A rod maker making it for another rod maker.

There is a thread at grassart.net of it's construction where we all got to watch the rod being made.

I will ask Steve if I can post images.

[adam]

Umm, for some, pictures of it being made are almost as good as pictures of it finished.

Here is a few images from the construction of the rod. The information (images) was taken from grassart.net with the permission of Steve.

Grassart is a bamboo rod making community where a whole bunch of talented rod makers discuss knitting.

http://s271.photobucket.com/albums/jj153/stevekiley/IMGP1382.jpg

http://s271.photobucket.com/albums/jj153/stevekiley/IMGP1424.jpg

http://s271.photobucket.com/albums/jj153/stevekiley/IMGP1428.jpg

http://s271.photobucket.com/albums/jj153/stevekiley/IMGP1433.jpg

http://s271.photobucket.com/albums/jj153/stevekiley/IMGP1488.jpg

http://s271.photobucket.com/albums/jj153/stevekiley/IMGP1538.jpg

http://s271.photobucket.com/albums/jj153/stevekiley/IMGP1710.jpg

[BrkTrt]

Nice work.
Do you have a link for grassart.

Brk Trt

[gusstrand]

...just add .net and you're there...