Logan has asked me for a long time to take him fishing. I don't even think that he knew at the time what fishing was but he wanted to go because "Dad is going!" I wanted to be able to give him a rod that he could cast and would be able to fish for the rest of his life as well as pass down to his own children. Well I got to looking at rod tapers and components and decided that a 1 piece rod would fit the bill nicely. There are no 1 piece rod tapers as short as I wanted so I ended up tinkering with the numbers on a 2 piece rod and making my own design. Here are the particulars:
Rod taken from a 4'4" Payne Banty rod design.
Now a 1 piece 4'4"
Blonde cane
Cottonwood bark grip collected from the Provo River
Spanish cedar reel seat with Nickel Silver hardware
The Wraps are purple tipped in black. I asked Lo what color he wanted on his rod and over a 1 month period consistently answered "Purple and black."
Lo can handle his rod just fine. He gets a little crazy with it but that's OK. When he caught his first fish (cutthroat) he didn't like it too much because the fish was too "Wobbly". Now that he has caught some Bluegill on it he likes those just fine because they are not so "Wobbly". Man I am so glad that this kid loves to fish.
Getting some instructional help.
Trying it out on his own.
A little more instruction.
Practicing how to reel.
Checking for trees on the backcast.
5 comments:
I'm so glad you amde this for Logan - he loves having his own little rod and some day he'll appreciate this rod for what it really is. :-)
Soooooooooooooooooooo cute! You are the best daddy!
I see there are many fishing years ahead in Logan's forecast.
It's time well spent Ben
I see there are many fishing years ahead in Logan's forecast.
It's time well spent, Ben
Logan has a good teacher and boy is that special time with Dad important.
Now he needs a fishing vest
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