I rebuilt my trout slayer

A couple months ago I reported that on a trip to Del Valle I discovered that my favorite trout rod had a broken guide tip. This rod was the very first fishing rod I ever built and it has landed many a monster trout for me. With that kind of emotional attachment I couldn't just let the rod go.

So I decided to pimp it out with REC Recoil Guides and a proper butt wrap. Originally this rod had American Tackle cheapy guides and no but wrap at all. Here are the results:

The guides:


The butt wrap:

That's nice Jay I like green rods

That looks real nice Jay. Have you ever fished Lake Spaulding on Hiway 80?

Sure and be-golly....That's a fine kilt wrap.

Feckin' Shite! Nice work.

That is very cool.

WooooooOOOOOOOooooo!

Sure and be-golly....That's a fine kilt wrap.

Feckin' Shite! Nice work.

 

Nice work Jay!

Thanks guys! 

Great job Jay
That looks Great, Now for a big ol trout to put it to the test.
Geno

Very nice,
your giving me the motivation to get started on a blank I've had for a couple of years

Jay -

Really nice work. Never used those guides.

scott