Takedown fly rod/reel case

[GrampaJoel]

I made this takedown fly rod/reel case for a friend.

I made my own pattern, and the case is completely hand stitched.   
It’s been awhile since I made something completely hand stitched.
I forgot how much work big items are to get perfect.

5-6oz Wicket/Craig harness leather.
Tobacco colored leather.

I used orange pumpkin colored Ritza waxed poly thread.

It was a lot of stitching by hand. Some ok, some not so ok.

I’ll certainly make some changes to my pattern next time.

 

 

 

 

Edited November 21, 2022 by GrampaJoel

[HandyDave]

Really nice lookin work. Is that waterproof ripstop fabric for the liner? 

[GrampaJoel]

37 minutes ago, HandyDave said:

Really nice lookin work. Is that waterproof ripstop fabric for the liner? 

Yes ,,

it’s 70D, waterproof ripstop nylon,  with a thin saddle seat foam padding between the ripstop and the leather.

 

Edited November 21, 2022 by GrampaJoel

[HandyDave]

I recognized the fabric cause i tryed some by customer request on a soft sided shotgun case couple years back and have been using it since in all sorts of bags and gun cases. It comes in tons of colors and is great stuff. Alot tougher then other fabrics usually used for lining as well. And again the fly rod&reel case looks great.

[TonyV]

Very nice!  

That's more valuable than my bestest fly rod!

 

[DwightT]

Beautiful work. I like how you did the base with the recessed bottom. Can you describe how you do that? Do you cut a dart in the rim?

    /dwight

[Bert03241]

Very nice work

[GrampaJoel]

1 hour ago, DwightT said:

Beautiful work. I like how you did the base with the recessed bottom. Can you describe how you do that? Do you cut a dart in the rim?

    /dwight

Hi Dwight.

I’m not sure which part you are referring to.
If you can describe it more ,perhaps I will understand.

And I would be happy to share my methods.

Joel

46 minutes ago, Bert03241 said:

Very nice work

Thank you. 

[GrampaJoel]

2 hours ago, TonyV said:

Very nice!  

That's more valuable than my bestest fly rod!

 

Well the parts ie. The leather, thread, ripstop fabric, findings, and such alone  came to more than any take down fly rod and reel I’ve ever seen.                   Let alone the creation time.
But it was made for a very special long time family friend as a thank you for custom rods he has made for me.

[Loren W]

This is awesome, are you willing to share your pattern?