Monthly Archives: December 2013

Long day in shop

Posted on December 29, 2013 by dougd1621

Spent the day doing rough work. Splitting, flaming, sanding nodes, pressing nodes. Its not the most exciting part of making a rod but I like it. All these preliminary steps, taking a raw culm to squared and staggered butt and … Continue reading →

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Posted on December 8, 2013 by dougd1621

I’m filling in for my son this week on the blog. George as my kids call me is not my nickname of choice. They call me that after George Costanza from Seinfeld. They say I’m cheap!  I’m not cheap I … Continue reading →

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Born a lucky, and sometimes ramblin’ man…

Posted on December 1, 2013 by dougd1621

Shit. So I have had an entire plan for a blog on ferrules. Something technical and real rod making stuff. Well last weekend I got in a bar fight on Saturday night, which left me mentally unable to write about … Continue reading →

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