763 Blue Halo

#glassisnotdead

The glass builds have been keeping me busy the past few months.
This one is a 7'6" 3wt built on a solid Blue Halo blank. While it is not transparent, the solid Charcoal color turned out nice with the Charcoal wraps and Charcoal colored Winn grip.
The Black Pearl Recoil guides and black reel seat brought it all together.
What a sweet casting rod and perfect for roll casting.

FOR SALE $350 !!!!!!! SOLD !!!!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TWINS

Two recent Blue Halo builds that have been completed. One is a gift to a gentleman who helped guide a fundraising event for Veterans with head trauma. The other is for sale.

Both rods are built on Blue Halo fiberglass blanks and are 7'6" 3 wt's.
Wrapped in Charcoal thread to match the Charcoal color of the blanks.
Recoil Black Pearl stripping guides with black snake guides.
Winn Charcoal colored grips with black reel seats.

Charcoal Glass

The next two builds will be twins.
Both blanks are Blue Halo 7'6" 3wts in Charcoal color.
Black Pearl Recoil Guides wrapped in Charcoal thread with Winn Charcoal colored grips.

SO-BLUE HALO

Finished the 8' 5wt Blue Halo fiberglass build. The color is So Blue that it looks like a light saber in the sun.
Custom carbon fiber wrapped grip with blacked out reel seat with a carbon fiber insert. Guides are Black Pearl Recoil.
Wrapped the guides in white silk thread to give it the clear look like I was wanting. Actually looks like only the finish is holding on the guides.
This is going to be a fun trout fighting rod to fish.
#glassisnotdead

 

 

BLUE HALO SKY BLUE 5wt

Recently started building a 5wt fiberglass fly rod on a Blue Halo blank. I've always liked the color of this one and decided to put the carbon fiber wrapped grip on it and black it out with reel seat and guides done to match the grip. I will wrap it in silk thread that will end up being clear on the blank.

 I'll post up pictures of the completed rod.

Back in Glass

Built a 5wt on a Jade colored Blue Halo blank earlier this year for a client.

He is enjoying fishing the new glass rod so much that I was asked to build a duplicate on a Cranberry colored Blue Halo blank for him.
First step was to wrap the handle in carbon fiber.

After applying finish to it and then sanding down, two more coats of finish were applied to give it shine and protection. Then the Black Pearl recoil stripping guide and the snake guides were wrapped in black thread,

Here is the finished rod.

And a look at the two of them together.

BLUE HALO 8' 5wt 3pc

Just finished this one and delivered it to it's new owner.
Built on a Blue Halo Gen2 glass blank in Jade color. Custom carbon fiber grip and wrapped the recoil guides in a teal colored thread.

This thing looks like a light saber out in the light.

BLUE HALO 7'6" 3pc 3/4 wt

My friends at Blue Halo sent down a couple of their new Generation 2 fiberglass blanks. This one is a 7' 6" 3/4 wt that is translucent in color.

Wrapped the grip in carbon fiber and matched the reel seat to it. Used a Black Pearl colored Recoil guide for a stripper and black snake guides the rest of the way.

Wrapped the whole thing in Canary Yellow and added a snake guide for the hook keeper.

Finished it up with Flex Coat light build. I think it came out great and its almost ready to ship back to Blue Halo for someone to enjoy.

Really like the way the guide shows through the finish against this blank.

Here is the finished rod.