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CASTING FOR RECOVERY FLY ROD FOR FALL 2012 AUCTION Nov. 26 - Dec.7 2012

Left - All the componets are assembled. A Five Rivers FTL 6 piece 3 wt. blank, a custom grip and reel seat featuring Afzelia burl (sap-heartwood interface) Paduak, buffalo horn and pre-CITES Ivory, chrome reel seat hardware, chrome guide set made up of a Fuji single foot # 10 stripper lite wire snake giudes and lite wire tip toptip top put together useing Maroon and metallic silver thread.

Right - Finished the wraps and working on the feather inlay.

Two views of the finished feather inlay showing butt wraps and silver thread inlay on all guide foot wraps

Left - Showing the interface of sap-heartwood interfaceand beautifull two tone mixing of the peach and cream colors

Right - Last step is the addition of a mini pink ribbon in the reel seat to give this rod a little extra "MOJO"

Left - All six sections of the rod

Right - The rod comes with a custom rod sack and rod tube

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