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Post by TarponCraz on May 11, 2007 10:18:07 GMT 8
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Post by fisho on May 11, 2007 18:03:19 GMT 8
Hi TarponCraz, Tremendous EFFORTs ..!!!  HURRAH esp. to U & all the boo-boys!! ..hats off & 2 thumbs up! thanks for sharing!.. ..er... so how many more boo rods akan-datang?? guess the boo-boys must have pestered u to craft more ya? ;D ;D tightlines |
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Post by marcelocalviello on May 11, 2007 22:40:48 GMT 8
Great and wonderful looking rod Leo!!!
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Post by BillyTeo on May 12, 2007 10:37:58 GMT 8
Nice write up Uncle Wong. We can all learn from it. First Singapore Split Bamboo......LeoRod Serial Number 001/2007. Joy to cast and fantastic feel when hooked on the sebbie. |
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Post by ShadowCaster on May 12, 2007 12:44:10 GMT 8
Definately a milestone for flyfishing in Singapore! Well done Uncle Wong!
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Post by TarponCraz on May 15, 2007 9:19:47 GMT 8
Hi Marcelo,
Thanks for the encouragement. Hope to learn from you the bamboo ferrules making technic in the future.
Wong
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Post by alberto on May 15, 2007 20:31:57 GMT 8
Uncle Wong,
You make all the fly fishermen in this little red dot proud. The highest art form from a true craftman. ;D ;D ;D
regards
Alberto
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Post by mtshark on May 17, 2007 18:00:25 GMT 8
Uncle Wong, Do make all the fly fishermen in this little red dot proud. The highest art form from a true craftman. ;D ;D ;D regards Alberto I agree with you! Uncle Wong, second one on the work bench already?  Nicely done! Regards, Edward |
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Post by gnome on May 24, 2007 10:58:41 GMT 8
Uncle Wong, Congratulations on finishing your first rod!!! It is a beauty!!!! The only bad thing about this is now you are probably fully infected with the Boo bug ;D Welcome to the brotherhood and may you find as much pleasure in the crafting of the rods as you do in the fishing of them!!!!  Humbly your gnome Jeff |
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Post by pirate! on May 24, 2007 23:44:52 GMT 8
kinda a long time since i logged in here. wow, Uncle Wong, very beautiful rod you have built!!! i do hope to see you again soon, do take care |
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Post by TarponCraz on May 25, 2007 22:22:08 GMT 8
Jeff,
Compare with your wonderfully crafted rods, its just a small step for me in the endless journey.
The boo bugs already sank their teeth deep in me sometimes ago and I am poisoned! ;D ;D ;D Hand itchy on trying different tappers but first have to satisfy some of the boo brothers here with several G209 tapers after they have tried mine and sactioned one for themselves.
Wong
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Post by Chee Yung on May 27, 2007 15:27:25 GMT 8
Hi uncle, I'm finally back from the USA ;D with a Harvard Cert ;D ;D.. can bluff a little ;D ;D kekekeke.. Saw an Orvis cane at Boston Haymarket area but that was about it... too bad no old reels except Orvis CFOs...  Your post is a milestone as we all know  and I'm glad gory photos of bumbling me was not posted ;D  ;D... that first boo splitting was indeed sweat and blood ;D Jeff was really kind to give his blessing on the mortise design we discussed ... awesome fellow this Jeff ... and now it is time to start the next phase of rodmaking for this slow coach. Your guidance is appreciated.. Until the next boo session.. Cheers CY |
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Post by yong on Jun 14, 2007 15:44:56 GMT 8
and who so ever owns the leorod owns a piece of history.
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Post by TarponCraz on Aug 28, 2007 10:58:46 GMT 8
The LeoRod Story - Chapter IIWhile I continue to fish the LeoRod No. 1, I set upon crafting No. 2 and No 3 at the same time as both orders were for Garrision 209 taper. While the No. 1 is natural straw colour, I decided to dark-flamed the No. 2 and light-flamed the No. 3. Here were the culms after flamming.  closeup photo of section of culms  The dark-flamed culm turned out chocolate colour blank while the light-flamed culm turned out honey colour blank. From left to right - straw(No. 1), honey(No. 3), chocolate blanks(No. 2)  My plan was to use spiral node staggering for both rods, like the No. 1 but the spacing of nodes made it not suitable for No. 2. Hence I switched to 2-2-2 staggering for No. 2 while extending its length to 7ft 9" making it 209E taper. I also done up 2 extra tips for No. 1. All in all, I was doing 6 sections in this batch and it proved time saving in the heat tempering, gluing and varnishing processes. I will skip the detailed process and show you guys the end products as follows. LeoRod S/N 2007-002 with Bill Ballan classic reel  LeoRod S/N 2007-003 with Peerless classic reel  Signature wraps on LeoRod S/N 2007-002  Agate stripping guides  Signature wraps on LeoRod S/N 2007-003  Handle and reel seat on all three rods side by side  The two owners for new rods and I went to Lower Peice Reservoir and test-casted the rods on lawn near the entrance. The action of rod No. 3 is medium fast with a tad more backbone than No. 1. It propelled 50 ft of 4 WT WF GPX fly line into headwind without a problem. Due to the heat treatment, Rod No. 3 is stiffer than the rest and it threw out 60 ft of 5 WT WF into head wind with ease.
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Post by alberto on Aug 28, 2007 13:11:16 GMT 8
Dear Uncle Wong,
This is one journey that will not end for you as every rod that you make, you'll learn to make it better.
Once again, I say you have done this little rod dot proud.
regards
Alberto
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and I'm glad gory photos of bumbling me was not posted ;D 
;D... that first boo splitting was indeed sweat and blood ;D