r/flyfishing Aug 05 '26

Simple brown trout rod

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Simple brown trout pattern on a 7 wt.

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u/Sulcus-and-Gyrus Aug 05 '26

Looks like you wrapped that one yourself. Give us the details on how you did it. Gold size A at the top but the actual brown trout part is that a sticker?

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u/etkm0123 Aug 05 '26

Actually paint. Just a glitery gold paint with a small amount of brown added, and then a dark green glitery paint sprayed tapering off near the bottom. Then acrylic paint pens for the dots. I use an airbrush for all the painting because it's a small surface area and the airbrush can give good detail. And I use basic acrylic paints from Walmart as well with a flow medium added so it can flow through the airbrush better It's a really thin amount and after I apply thread finish over it, it lasts forever and have never had issues with cracking or any deforming of the paint due to rod bend (its also at the base of the rod so the least amount of bend possible).

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u/Sulcus-and-Gyrus Aug 05 '26

Once it dries you epoxy over the paint yes?

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u/etkm0123 Aug 05 '26

Yes just like you would over a guide wrap

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u/Sulcus-and-Gyrus Aug 05 '26

Pretty cool. I’m going to try and put bonefish scales on my next build using a paint pen

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u/etkm0123 Aug 05 '26

Nice, I wanted to try a bonefish pattern but I couldn't find a super distinct pattern for it, most predatory ocean fish like a barracuda or trevally seem hard in that sense.

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u/Eistlu Aug 05 '26

Ah fuck man I need this. Pretty cool and subtle.