I've been playing around with the idea of laminations. These are two of my prototype ideas. The woods are Cherry with thin Wenge strips. I also have some Rosewood that I plan on using in place of the Wenge on some future inserts.

I'm still planning out the Reel Recovery rod. I'm taking more time on this on than the others I've done. Each one that I build is more and more special to me. They have to be perfect!