I have started the wrap on the next rod, the heavier white ash/red oak version. This rod wrapper is one of the best I have worked with. It is an amalgamation of several designs. It is both light-weight, very portable, pretty in its complex sculpting and very functional. You may recognize some the design elements I borrowed. The famous wrapper from Seeker rods, Jim Upton, showed me his design at his home in Huntington Beach, CA several years ago. He was kind enough to show me how he invented his rod wrapper. He uses gravity to put tension on the thread as opposed to clamping the thread or use a spring. I can unwrap and rewrap the line if I make a mistake, like an undo button on a computer. I tried the other tensioners and found out how lazy I had gotten because I knew I could fix a mistake with my wrapper but with the clamped tensioner you must be focused and diligent. You old guys try going back to typewriter and whiteout and ditch your computer with undo, you get the picture. The wwod block is the ballast weight that hangs below the loop, like when you sprial wrap bamboo together when glueing!

I am also posting a wonderful landing net design I though was very clever.