flyguy Loc: Lake Onalaska, Sunfish Capitol of the World!

Kerry Hansen
Attachments6:30 PM (25 minutes ago)
SUBJECT: Fishing Rod Bengal Tiger Weave: 78 Design threads high and 73 Wrap threads long. !0 colors, 308 Design threads total. Leo, here is a first look. Since

Leo & Marion Simon Simon <lmsimon98@gmail.com>
6:55 PM (0 minutes ago)
to Kerry

Well,,,,, I'll give it a shot, there are no guarantees.

flyguy Loc: Lake Onalaska, Sunfish Capitol of the World!

Well,,,,,, that didn't work. We will try again.

plumbob Loc: New Windsor Maryland

ripogenu Loc: norfolk, MA

just asking, what does that beautiful work go for?

flyguy Loc: Lake Onalaska, Sunfish Capitol of the World!

Good morning, Rip. That would be a question for Kerry. I dabbled, unsuccessfully, with it back in the '80s for about 5 years, and I decided that I was as good as I was ever going to be, and left it at that. To me, it would be priceless.

flyguy Loc: Lake Onalaska, Sunfish Capitol of the World!

Thank you, plum, for reposting this. The talent on this stage is unbelievable. "We care, and we share."

Graveytrain50 Loc: DFW Area Texas

Beautiful work🦅🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅

plumbob Loc: New Windsor Maryland

You are welcome Leo, I am always glad to help.

Frank romero Loc: Clovis, NM

A lot of us are computer illiterate and I for one would like to extend my appreciation to Plum for helping us out. Thanks Plum

plumbob Loc: New Windsor Maryland

You are welcome Frank, just glad the buttons are big on the computer. No telling what I would copy and paste if I tried it on the phone.

flyguy Loc: Lake Onalaska, Sunfish Capitol of the World!

Are you saying you need cataract surgery, Bob?

plumbob Loc: New Windsor Maryland

Seems like a lot of that going around Leo but big fingers on those little squares really get a workout doing corrections.

Kerry Hansen Loc: Bremerton, WA

I want to sincerely thank Leo and Bob for getting those posted. I am computer challenged. About the weave, That weave took me 25 hours and of that it took 10 1/2 hours just getting the threads placed on the rod before starting the actual weave. Every thread of those 308 threads have a number. from 2 to 79 on this particular weave. So of the 10 different colors there are duplicate numbers. It is a must that when the first layer of threads are laid down, in this case the white band of threads, when the next band of threads is laid down over it, like numbers must be directly above the same numbers in the previous band and so on for each additional band of threads. This so as the name of this type of weave "COLOR CHANGE WEAVE, so anywhere along this weave a new color thread needs to come in play, I am able to bring the new color up and replace the same numbered thread of the other color without a jumble. If the threads of like numbers are not close to being one above the other, the transition will not be smooth. So when doing a trout and I want to bring up a different color to make the speckles appear, it is important it appears in the right spot. I think my expertise is worth $20 an hour and I think that is cheap. It is merely a decoration to make a rod unique, but not fish any better. I usually only do Mother Nature kind of weaves, but have done a few University logos and things and I did do a weave showing an individual's Electric Guitar. The last one I did of Mother Natures creatures was the endangered Snow Leopard which didn't turn out bad, but more difficult to show all the features like the Bengal Tiger. The weaving process is more than just moving threads, you have to watch where they go. The thing I hate most is to discover because I lose concentration and make a very visible mistake and have to "REVERSE WEAVE" to undo all the work done after the mistake to undo the mistake then continue on with the weave. I use to teach this skill at seminars each year at a rod maker seminar held at Lamiglas, but those seminars have stopped after the owner Dick Posy passed on. I don't do it any more.

Frank romero Loc: Clovis, NM

I usually get my wife to start little screws for me, my fingers can’t handle little things. I understand what you are saying.

plumbob Loc: New Windsor Maryland

I had some projects with 0/80 screws Frank. Tweezers were my best friend.