There are many options available for your hex, quad, or r-quad rods. These include:
I am offering Trout Stalker Series rods which includes blued hardware and
ferrules with dark or bronze guides and brown earth tone wraps. Semi gloss or
matte varnish so there's no reason to blame the flash of the rod to spook fish
if you believe that. It may just look cool.
Bronze reel seat hardware
Nickel reel seat hardware
My custom reel seats.
These are the ones shown with rope knurling. Straight,
fine knurl is another option. Made in
bronze or nickel silver hardware. Additional cost $165. (Check how I finish
out my reel seats -- multiple coats of hard varnish; also, I put in an
internal taper on the slide band so it doesn't dig into the reel seat wood
and will slide on the reel foot better.)
F. E. Thomas style winding check hook keeper. Additional cost
$85.
Offering Bronze ferrules made on my lathe from solid bronze stock . These
would be offered on my custom series $ 140.00 Lighter than
Nickel silver and stronger and tougher . Much more difficult to machine in
thin walls than N/S.
Above: Here
is a picture
of the F. E. Thomas
style optional hook keeper that I make. It is shown on a
quad rod,
but it is also available for hex
rods
Here is my custom signature wrap (left). Blued hardware on reel seat. I like the
look of this rod.
Above is another picture of the F. E. Thomas
style optional hook keeper that I make. It is shown on a
quad rod,
but it is also available for hex
rods
Here is an example of my design of a half wells grip. Also sports my wire
loop H/ K Bronze . Has my
custom walnut reel seat with Bronze hardware and fine knurl.. Rod is a 8 ' 4"
Hollow R-quad.
Here is example of Bronze ferrules I make out of solid 642 Bronze solid
stock. Strong and Lt.
