Paradigm Custom Caneworks

Working six day weeks for the man at the regular job may have slowed me down but didn't stop me from my passion and what I most enjoy. Here's a fresh off the bench hollow built 8'6" Payne 204L taper started late April.

Custom machined reel seat components and lignum vitae insert by AP Tony DiCicco
Duronze stepdowns by Joel Lemke
Hexagrip by Golden Witch
Antiqued phosphor bronze spiral guides complements of Lee Gomolchak's nifty snake maker.

Before and after illustration on hollow building weight reduction for a current 3/2 Payne 204L build. The taper numbers designate this a relatively light rod to begin with but wanted to lighten it up just a tad more due to the 8'6" length as most of my trout rods fall in the 8' foot and under category. Strips are 38" to be later cut to 34". Using basic dam and channel method with a standard .70 wall thickness; before hollowing/removing excess material the butt section hit the scale at 2.60 oz - the mid an even 1 oz. When finished, the butt weighed in at 1.75 oz, the mid 0.85 as indicated by the pics for a loss of one full ounce or the equivalent of 28% total reduction in weight. A decent drop for the most part. Likely would've eclipsed the 30% mark had I elected to not hollow the tips which are light in both dimensions and weight at 0.35 oz, respectively.

If you can name this meandering Colorado freestone gem, YOU are awesome.