A Twist In The Tail
Posted: Thu May 26, 2016 6:04 pm
A few pics of a net handle that I made over a few weeks in the early new year. Nothing out of the ordinary, a bamboo section some 5’6” long, standard ferrule set up of 3/8” BSF and a flared butt of my preferred style. These are some pictures I took during the build, not quite finished at this stage with still a few varnish coats to go, but you can get the idea.
This was actually going to be one of the prizes for the TFF Winter Photo Competition. Two lucky winners were to get some nice books, and one unlucky beggar got this.
As it was to be a prize I wanted it to have a unique aspect to it. It had a dedication on it depicting as a TFF competition 2016 prize, but I thought it needed something with a bit more zing.
I went through the usual head scratching stage without anything forthcoming, until sat in the pub on Friday evening after walking the dog, and I happened to glance up at my hat hanging on the coat stand, focussed on the hatband and ….Gotcha…sorted.
So here is the idea. Picture is a bit out of focus as the auto focus concentrated on the reel in the centre of the pic and made the end of the handle a bit fuzzy:
Mark gave the permission for the use of the TFF logo. It’s a one off, never to be repeated by me and the owner is now Old Man Oakley.
This was actually going to be one of the prizes for the TFF Winter Photo Competition. Two lucky winners were to get some nice books, and one unlucky beggar got this.
As it was to be a prize I wanted it to have a unique aspect to it. It had a dedication on it depicting as a TFF competition 2016 prize, but I thought it needed something with a bit more zing.
I went through the usual head scratching stage without anything forthcoming, until sat in the pub on Friday evening after walking the dog, and I happened to glance up at my hat hanging on the coat stand, focussed on the hatband and ….Gotcha…sorted.
So here is the idea. Picture is a bit out of focus as the auto focus concentrated on the reel in the centre of the pic and made the end of the handle a bit fuzzy:
Mark gave the permission for the use of the TFF logo. It’s a one off, never to be repeated by me and the owner is now Old Man Oakley.
