sneak peak of my rod build..

[WaffleJaw]

well i started the handle today....the blank Im using is a IM6 7' MH (no name)...it sucks cause they didnt take the finish all the way down....you can see in the pic where the shine stops about 8'' from the butt....so currently,Im waiting on the polyurthane i applied to finish drying so i can get the handle and seat mounted and ready for epoxy....the masking tape is marking where the reel seat will be approx......im going split grip on it for the ''look''
i took a 7'' handle and a 3'' handle......cut the 7'' in two..one for the fore-grip and then for the actually handle.....the 3'' will be the butt..(which i may cut a little shorter.....i clamped a drill down to use as a lathe to taper the handles using 150 grit sandpaper

so far everything is coming along nicely.....finding and marking the ''spine'' on the blank and building the handles is the easy part,lol.....this weekend will be all the tough,tedious stuff......Im going to use a metallic green to wrap the guides with....dont know about a trim color yet?

this is going to be my ''slimer'' rod!...ghostbuster's anyone?

hopefully it'll be done in the next week or so.....ill post more as it goes.

this is all i could get done at work today,hahahaha

its extremely fun,but it gets expensive fast