Most of you know that I collect vintage fishing tackle and lures. One of those pieces was a "new in box" Shakespear fly reel, made of magnesium - I kept it on a shelf for display but I got to thinking, "that think might be fun to fish"! So I began searching for a fiberglass fly rod - old school right? And I came across a fellow that makes fiberglass fly rods - he has an Etsy site but the ones he had for sale had darker colored hardware. After communicating with him, he was more than accommodating and made me a 7'6" 4 piece 4w rod to go with the reel. I ended up staying old school and lined it with Cortland 4w double taper floating fly line.
But now I needed a case! I've made two leather wrapped tube and this would be my third one. I kept track of the hours spent on it and it was 22.5 hours. I am whittling down the time it takes by making and storing notes and diagrams and templates. Here's how it turned out:
