TCAFS Donation rod build 1-25-11

[WaffleJaw]

Back in August I got an email from Texas Parks and Wildlife. Asking if I could make a contribution to a fundraiser for the Texas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society...They have a show in Feb.and wanted a custom rod to raffle off to raise money for college scholarships for students wanting degrees in wildlife.(If I remember right)


It took awhile obviously,But I built this rod for them...A micro MHX-MB843 (I think its an 843,hell I cant remember,lol....Yea its a 843.

I wanted to do a cross wrap on it,since I havent done one in awhile,and I wanted to try something different.But I wanted to hide the tie offs...I think it looks really clean that way...I dig the colors on this alot..Almost anything compliments grey/black..You'll see more of this in the future,Im sure
It gets delivered monday...Hopefully Ill get a pic of the winner with the rod..I think that'll be sweet to hang in the rod room...Next to my collection of Seagourney Weaver photos...Ok I lied ,there Susan Summers photos

Thanks for looking.

[Jrob78]

Dude!!! That looks amazing! I think this is by far my favorite rod of yours. The cross wrap looks super clean, I love the hidden tie offs! The logos look great too. Fantastic!!

[nofearengineer]

Dude.....your wrapping skills are just getting sick. I particularly love the little cuts of red you put in the cross wraps. Subtle touch.

[WaffleJaw]

haha!.Thanks guys
Bryce,whats funny is on the cross wrap...I was just wrapping with no plan..I knew I wanted to do a fade with four shades of grey into black....I cut alot of it back off and almost took the red/orange touches out as well...But when turned sideways,I thought it looked kinda cool,so I left it.

Joe,Im real happy with how it came out too!..The only issue with the hidden tie offs..Is the grips developed a small bulge when they slide over it..So I had to shape em more to compensate and get them uniformed..Not bad,just something I didnt think about when I did it...Live and learn

Putting on 4 decals was a little scary...I didnt know how I was gonna get my logo on there...Tiny!
But I like that little texas decal

[carolina-rig-01]

Buddy this is one sweet looking rod! It's amazing at how much detail you got in the wrap, job well done buddy!

[DVT Mike]

Very nice work, both design and weave. Non-builders can't fully appreciate the time and patience weaving takes.

[WatterBoy]

Awesome work, Waffle! I couldn't do that in a million years...

[BigBassin144]

That rod looks great Walker! I really love the cross wrap and the black and red looks good as always.

BB

[CamG]

Man...they ought to be super pleased with that!!! Great looking rod!

[CiK]

**Standing up applauding** Another job well done Walker!!

I had you pegged as a Tawny Kitaen fan. The Somers pictures surprise me.

[WaffleJaw]

Originally Posted by CiK

**Standing up applauding** Another job well done Walker!!

I had you pegged as a Tawny Kitaen fan. The Somers pictures surprise me.

hahaha,Tawny's too high class for me..What with Whitesnake and all.
I figured Susan be a good 80's cougar reference.Since she looks like she was left in a microwave on high as a child ,and thats why her face looks like silly puddy.....Disgusting,thats the word.

Thanks again guys for the compliments....

[bcklash]

That's awesome.

[rrw4258]

Awesome looking rod Waffle! I see that you choose the ACS seat, nice choice!!! Keep up the good work, bud!

Ryan

[66KingFisher]

Dude, each rod you share with us looks better then the last one you showed, and it looked amazing.....lol.....Nice work is all I know to say....very nice.

[Bubba_Bruiser]

Awesome build Pancake! I am bringing a dowell to the get together so get ready to show me and thing or 2 hahahahaha.