3 New Builds

[rubba bubba]

2 MHX's and a St. Croix. The MHX decals I created myself (as the ones from Mudhole are uber-lame) and thanks go to dick for pointing me to some good decal paper that actually worked. The rods are all for me, hence why the handles are all the same.:

[florida strain]

Nice decals

[hmongkidBee]

wow very nice custom rods.  Too bad I'm getting out of the hobby.

[I Love BassResource]

Top notch work my friend, very very nice! Love the decals!

[titelines]

Nice wraps, nifty color schemes 8-)

[Jigfishn10]

Very nice work. I have a great appreciation of the giude wraps you used here. I know they took some time.

I toyed with decorative butt wrap (fish net design) on my split handle rod, do you have any experience with that? I would like to gain some knowledge with the technique.

Again, very nice work.

[rubba bubba]

Thanks for the kind words everyone.

Jigfishn - I haven't done a fishnet wrap but do a search out there on what's needed.  Decorative wraps are actually pretty easy to do, you just have to find how to start the pattern.

[flechero]

well done, the decals look fantastic.  The wraps look clean as well.   

[RobE]

I likes, Bubba! The blue / silver on the MHX in particular.

[Delaware Valley Tackle]

Nice work. I know what you mean about the Mud Hole decals. Not only are they unattractive, they are often creased or otherwise unusable anyway.

[the crab]

Nice work.  Won't one of you guys point me in the direction of that decal paper too?  Thanks.

[I Love BassResource]

http://www.papilio.com/

Inkjet Waterproof is what I mostly use. You could get pretty creative with some of the clear sheets tho.

Become proficient with Photoshop and the sky is the limit.

[rubba bubba]

White matte waterproof vinyl is what dick is referring to and is what I used. I tested clear and it worked but only if it were to be used on a light colored blank (i.e. white). Or if you painted the blank a light color right where you will put the clear decal.

[bowtech_182]

Rods look great.  I like the decals.  Do you use Photoshop, Gimp, etc?

[rubba bubba]

Thanks; I used Photoshop.

[ejtaylor822]

Hey, those look fantastic!

[basspro96]

Awesome! I really want to get started doing this..But can't figure out what to get!