Jay Malyon
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Here’s the 3 I have tied so far. The middle and bottom one have caught stripers. The gray one was tied with EP streamer brush, which I think works better. The CCT body fur is very dense and falls apart if you are not careful while you are tying.
Here are step by step instructions
http://flymenfishingcompany.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/TyingWithTheArticulatedFish-Spine.pdfAnd a video
This guy.
Today was the first day I really got to fish the ones I tied. Done right they look amazing in the water. Lots of wiggle going on.Glassed in a rather large hole in the gunnel earlier today. 6 or 7 layers of glass with thickened epoxy. That’s masking tape on the back side of the hole.
Been making some progress in the last 2 weeks. Mostly just been glassing the cracks along the tops of the rolled gunnels. Most of the work has not been very photo worthy. I should have the gunnels finished and the major flaws in the hull ready for fairing by the end of next week, then on to the interior.
That cct body fur is a pain to work with. I’m not to crazy about it. I like the looks of the EP streamer brushes for this fly.
Ouch, sounds like they are pissed. I found this article explaining a little bit of the back story.
Big Box Wholesaler Costco Plays Dirty – Aiming Low Prices on Top Brands to Lure Fly Fishermen
Started to pick the pace up a little this week. I have mostly been grinding away gel coat in 30-45 minute sessions, usually right before quitting time.
I glassed in a small crack with 3 layers of woven cloth and 2 layers of chopped mat. I didnt “dish out” this section enough but I got antsy and wanted to do something other than grinding and sanding.
You can see here around the edges where the top layer of chopped mat laid over a small void. The repair of the crack came out well but, not prepping the surrounding area created more work. I will probably inject thickened epoxy into the small holes with a syringe.
No big deal, Im still happy with the way it came out. Here the section has been sanded back down and is ready for fairing compound.
Heres another section that was prepared better before fiberglass
And after. With 5 layers of glass and thickened epoxy.
Grinding back the gel coat can be a little time consuming because you have to be careful you don’t grind away more material than you want.
This stuff is great. You can squirt it out and wet out fabrics with it or use it like an adhesive to bond panels with. I bought all that west marine had along with a few packs of extra mixing tips.
My best friend
I’m excited to see what this stuff is like next week as I’ve never tried making up my own epoxy filler. 410 for fairing the repaired areas and 403 for laying up cloth in the damaged areas.
This is a pretty interesting link…
The Striped Bass Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico, United States: A Regional Management Plan
http://www.gsmfc.org/publications/GSMFC%20Number%20137.pdf“No striped bass eggs or larvae were collected, but the
collection of three age-3 striped bass in that portion of the river indicated some striped bass
reproduction and recruitment occurred in the system as late as 1996. Striped bass had been
stocked above West Point Dam only in 1990 and 1992.”There were stripers stocked in the the early 90’s for sure. And there definitely are stripers over 20 lbs in there.
That is a serious gheenoe rebuild! I have a half finished one sitting in my drive way right now.
Still have not had time to really dive head first into the clacka project, just trying to tie up some loose ends at work. I did manage to grind away more gelcoat in a few of the spots I’m going to repair first. I think the 24 grit was a little too aggressive so I have dialed it back to 60. The 60 grit paper is a lot slower though, so im thinking 40 might be perfect. The gelcoat on this thing is much thicker than any other boat I have worked on.
Anyway, my neighbor at work was kind enough to donate all his glass supplies he used to build lightweight bicycles. With the stockpile of glass, cloth, and resin I already had and now all the other kevlar, carbon fiber, and heavy roving he gave me I should have more than I need to get to work.
Kevlar
Not sure if I will actually use this but, carbon fiber is still awesome
Really liking the looks of this stuff
Im thinking the Kevlar will be great to reinforce this area. Right at the top of the crack is where one of the oar locks drop in.
Looks to me like paint. I thought about changing the colors up, but it is coincidentally Crimson Tide colors. I don’t think my family would forgive me.
I have never really liked red though after I totaled 2 red cars when I was 17. Black would look cool up top.
Jay,
I’m seeing a lot of chips and dings in the gunnel areas. Nothing personal…but I’ve always thought those “rolled” gunnels (photos #6, 7,8 and 9) on the Clacka are butt ugly. I think this is a prime opportunity to cut off the damaged gunnels and replace with oak gunnels…one inside and one outside….similar to a Boulder Boat.
You could attach the hardwood gunnels directly to the hull….and leave out the frames. I believe this would give you the necessary rigidity.
Anyhow……I’m pulling for you dude. This will be neat!I was unsure of them as well when I first saw them. I want to try and get it back as close to factory spec as I can. I thought about maybe bonding some PVC up under the lip for extra strength.
I had about an hour to work on the boat today so I started grinding out some of the really rough areas with 24 grit grinding discs. It was interesting to find that the whole boat is crimson gelcoat first with white gelcoat on top
This area, and along the gunnel where the oar lock goes are the worst parts.
The gunnels are pretty jacked up. Cracked in about 7 places and nonexistent in others. I’m thinking I’ll wrap a pvc pipe in wax paper and glass over it to get that shape back.
Here I was starting to grind the gelcoat off so that I can glass the front casting deck in.
This part is real gnarly…
I’m all over the place with it right now because I have the whole boat fixed in my head. It may take a day or so to get in the groove. I’m trying to decide if I’m going to grind everything and then glass everything, or grind this little spot and glass it and move to the next.
I came home looking like this. My wife asked if a box of powdered donuts exploded when i opened it.
