This fishing rod is the latest I’ve made, it’s a 7 feet split bamboo and will be a present for my grandson.
He is six years old and begins learning fly casting in the lawn and I expect he will take his first trout next season.
I’ve engraved the reel and the reel seat with some « medieval » engravings , inspired by a trout that can be seen in a stained glass of the cathedral of Carcassonne.
Here is the practice plate for the reel seat in titanium
It seems that in 12th century they where using something close to a fly for fishing in the Aude river .
A little prayer may help for fishing, and I pass near the old church when going down to the river …
Here are my trout streams. As you can see, there are no sheeps on the edges, so the trouts have nothing to eat, and they stay small of course …
A lot of trouts come up to see the engravings . I released all them , first because I was here for having fun and not to eat , and secondly because most of them were really small.
This is one of the biggest , please don’t laugh you the fishermen of the cafe !!!
I know there are Biiig trouts in some parts of the world , but I can tell you that our trouts are very hard to catch and they jump up out of the water when hooked…
The trout seem to like my engraving , and I hope you too
