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Gudebrod Nylon , Size A, in Black (0001), HT Metallic, Size A in Bronze (9541) and Silver (9002). Chevron Wrap adds Nylon, Size A, in White (0002), Tan (0290), Goldenrod (0209), and Candy Apple Red (0335)

Mike Otte, a former student, new fly fisher and all aroung great guy has always wanted a "MPC" (Matt Pedersen Custom). Well, Christmas of '05 was rolling around quickly and his wife Jeanette (also a former student) contacted me to put this together! Due to the time crunch we had to forego some of the things I really would have liked to do for Mike (like a custom turned grip), but in the end the thing came out looking great all the same!

DON'T TRUST the reel seat to be "leak proof" just 'cause it's "supposed to be". When I brought the grip down on the hood of the channel lock seat, I thought all was fine...stored it and checked it out the next day only to see that excess epoxy had slowly leaked into and underneath the front hood. When something like that happens, you usually START OVER, but due to the time crunch I instead had to sit there and scrape it all out, painstakingly SLOW WORK. About 4 hours of rubbing and scraping got the thing fully functional, but if you look inside that hood, you can tell something went awry :(

Moral of the story - don't use too much epoxy, and if you can,check under the hood just to be safe!