Rodfather YAGGI Handle 29Dec20

Yet Another Great Grip Instantiated (YAGGI). I had leftover parts from prior fly rod builds so I thought I'd get out ahead on my next rod build, probably a 9' or 10' fast single handed 5 weight. I am rife with rods in the category but the grip is cool and there's a blank company I'd like to try. We'll see. For now I just show the handle development process from existing cork sections and rings to final grip. I started by laying out an idea; I then glued it all up on my mandrel and let it dry in the handle vise; once dry, I placed the loaded mandrel in my lathe and got the vacuum and tools all set out; I turned the handle down to my favored slightly large (I have bigger hands) full wells shape; after cleaning it up and removing it from the mandrel... it is done. Note how mostly useless the vacuum is - I set it up every time but there's always a lot of "cork-dust" to clean up anyway.