Doc Ski, Bill from Falconer Custom Rods told me I should subscribe and watch your rob building. I told Bill that I’m a retired Corpsman and he said “you are the industry standard”. Thank you for the training.
Great job jim........I don't think I'll ever build a rod, but watching you wrap this one was very enlightening. Very time consuming but well worth it in the end when you see the finnished progress. Once again great job and you are now officially a TEACHER.
doc ski taking the time out to make videos like this and drop some knowledge upon us is one of the greatest things you can do for future rod builders, as a rod builder, info like this is worth its weight in gold.... thank you
Great video. I been searching all over RU-vid for trim band videos that are easy to understand and yours by far is the best and cleanest finish out of all the ones I have watched. Even the most simple, as long as clearly explained is so very important in this hobby and I thank you much for teaching me. My girlfriend appreciates it also as she is building rods with me. You made my rod building experience so much more easier for me to understand.
awesome video! I just started building my own rods about a year ago and your videos have helped me out beyond belief! I don't think I would've been brave enough to try one on my own without your instructions. thanks doc
You're the man Doc!!! I've wrapped my blanks with diamonds, chevrons, & both but still really like intricate inlays. Looks like my old "Chocolate Sabre" will get some JTOB! Thanks for sharing!!!
This is great! My son and I will be working on a number of rods this winter. I'm going to try this on one, or several of them. I'll also see if some of the veterans I'll be volunteering help build their rods are interested in doing this.
I show this technique often to the fellas I work with each year at Program Healing Waters in Long Beach CA. They love it and it seems to be a technique easy to pickup. Good luck
Great video. Thank you for sharing this. I am a hack rod builder and looking to improve my finishings. Love this idea and may try it in an upcoming rod build for a friend as a retirement gift.
Please let me now how it turns out o if you have any questions. Also if you want, feel free to post your build on my Thread Art on Fishing Tackle with Doc Ski and Friends FB site.
This is how i do this and trim bands too. The only thing i don't like so much is how it creates that straight line diagonal from all the thread switching. Most of the time it's not so obvious, but depending on the colors used, that line sometimes becomes visible along with all the thread trapped underneath. really like your attitude and outlook on passing along info and that sort of thing. At the end of the day, there are very few original ideas out there but there are too many people who hold info like it's a big personal secret. It's like that with fishing locations in real life and in online forums too. I can't stand people who talk about fishing spots like big secrets and black out backgrounds in photos as though they're the first and only person to ever fish there.
I know what you are saying about keeping secrets. Hopefully that attitude is changing. I know for me I just want to help where I can. I also know what you are saying about the dirty side of these types of wraps. I try to keep them straight and close but sometimes it is better to let it slant than to mess up the pattern. Packing and Rolling often help hide things..
Thanks Doc, that's a good tutorial, between you and JT I may learn to wrap sticks yet. I'm in Missouri now and wrapping freshwater stuff Jan From Humboldt
Thank you for this video. I just discovered Jim Trelikes' dragon scale and just followed his Instagram and was wondering how he did the olive branches. This will go into one of my rods I'm about to build.
Hey Jim, thanks for the info. I've been wanting to know why I couldn't do this with a twist thread and now I know. I've wanted to know how to do this for a long time. Thanks again.
Yes, many of us did I would bet. I never thought to twist it in the opposite direction though, always to the left which is easy because it is the same as the twist in the thread itself.
it was my buddy danny at dana ait and tackle. he couldn't wrap worth a damn , but he came up with the coolest ideas. I was showing how to wrap rods and we ran out of blue astro thread. he figured out it was just twisted thread. took blue 1 and silver a , made atsro.
What is the best method for trimming the end of the inlay threads at the beginning of the wrap so that no contrasting colored fuzz or thread fibers are visible?
My trick is first use a VERY sharp Wilkinsen thin razor blade. I pull up on the thread hard enough to create a little gap, then let it back down. Next I lay the razor blade on the wrap right where the tag end comes out. Lift the tag thread again and drag it over the blade. Since you created a gap you should be able to burnish over it.
Hello Jim, Please let me know what you did with the beginning tag ends. Do I cut them off as close as I can? You do not show how to deal with the beginning tag ends. Thanks for your help.
+Deborah Drake Sorry to be slow in answering, I dont always look in this section.. The tag ends are not always predictable so I pretty much deal with them on the fly or as each wrap finishes. The important thing is to keep them on the back or the work just in case it doesnt seem smooth or even.
hey i just made a rod using this technique the way you showed but with my own touch haha, I would love if you checked it out not asking for subscribers or like I just want your opinion on it. Its my newest video! thanks
