Building Rodfather Rainbow [drc #6 - TFO BVK 4pc ERN 7.3 AA 66°] 14Feb21

This cool rod features a custom "Diamond Mind" full wells grip with a fixed mixed cork burl & rubber 1" fighting butt and a down-locking REC pewter finished reel seat with a keen California buckeye burl wooden insert on a TFO BVK 9' 6wt blank. The premium emerald green gloss BVK rod is outfitted with Snake brand black nickel guides throughout, wrapped with electric green thread for some pop. Sure it's a stunner, but how's performance? This "six" weight throws more like a 7 with tip flex action; balance is maintained well with the down mounted reel seat. Starting with the totally custom Diamond Mind full wells 7" grip: a complex assembly of diamonds and partial ring cuts make this handle totally unique in the world. The matched guides and accenting wraps jump off the dark emerald blank like dark sea foam. When it comes to catching big rainbows and cutbows, be it Czech nymphing, long line nymping, streamers, or with dry flies, this multi-purpose weapon is the ticket to catch, and land, big prey.

 

The Rodfather Rainbow casts much better than I expected loaded with SA 6.5wt line. I got some monster practice casts laid out (but messed up a couple of times too with 40 ft in the air). I mated it to an Orvis Mirage Big Game III (5-7) in gold to match the gold markings on the TFO BVK blank - it looks awesome and balances out perfectly with the down-locking seat. I need to find time in the field when I'd choose this weapon over the other Rodfather builds... I now have custom builds in 2 wt thru 6 wt and two specialty rods: a two handed micro-spey and a Euro-nymphing rig. They all store perfectly in the Crusher Too rig though 3-4-5 are those standing ready in the rod vault. I'm looking forward to the new season.