Meiser 1507S Spey Rod

I found and bought an old Meiser 1507S blank, and though this series of blanks has been discontinued, I have and still like (very much) how they cast and fish. My first Meiser S, a 1264S for trout, remains a goto.

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I found this rod to be flexible and forgiving, so my choices of reels and lines include:

• for dry-line and top-water with mono-filament leaders: Henshaw Platewind Reel at 13 ounces with a Bridge Tributary 78 44′ at 575 grains
• for winter and using tips: Nautilus 12S with the NextCast Stealhead Finder 89 30′ at 550 grains + RIO Replacement tips.
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• for fine and long, the Nautilus 12S with RIO Spey Long 78 64′ at 620 grains

Depending on the river and mood, I will pick the line I want.

This is my second long rod that I have built, and the differences from the previous build, a Quantum 16’7″ 7wt:

• Butt: I do like a “large” round half ball butt, but the transition is less extreme. One reason for this was practical, as the black rubberized cork was not behaving well as I shaped it – irrespective of what technique or tool I was using. I have since marked the few black discs that I have left as “use only if need is an absolute”.
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  If this finishing issue did not exist, I would have a sharper radius going into the butt, maybe a little less aggressive than the Quantum though.
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• Reel Seat: From Snake Brand, but I turned my own insert from a double dyed resign wood block that I bought from the Ukraine (via Etsy) and finished with Super Cyanoacrylate.
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• I have also added a little more colour with the thread wraps, but not shown.
  • Dark saturated blue on the Guides
  • At the ferrules, Graphite Grey with blue trim (dark and light blue)
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    In future, I will to return to adding colour trim on the guides.
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• Guides are Snake Brand (older Black Series) and Fuji Guides for the Stripper.

And what did I continue with:

• The other handle transition in-out of the reels seat is continuous, to allow the hand to easily slide against the reel.
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• The swell at the top of the rod is small. Allowing my hand to slide over, but also provide some feedback I am at the top end.
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• Small-short rear handle, to help with using lighter reels to achieve a balance point on the top cork.
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• Ends have rubberized cork for improve wear.
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• Use quality natural cork in the top 2/3 of the upper handle, with the remainder being a burl cork.
  • And though both corks are finely finished, with wet hands I notice a difference, and prefer the natural cork,
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• Thread:
  • Main Colour on Guides, and Trim Colour on Ferrules: ProWrap ColourFast 455 Blue Size A
  • Main Colour on Ferrules: Prowrap Graphite Grey 841Size A
  • Trim Colour: ProWrap Colour Fast 404 Size A.

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Will I build another spey rod?

Well I have several really nice 7wt and 8wts – enabling winter-fishing, travel and long line – from Meiser, Burkheimer and Bruce-and-Walker, so the right answer is no.

I want to finish up a variant update on a James Green 10′ 5wt, but I think my time should start looking to another task, is est return to bamboo trout rods.

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	B 7134	M136-6CX	M1507S	Q167	BW136-6	BW166
OEM	Burkheimer	Meiser	Meiser	Godshall	B & Walker	B & Walker
Model	7134-4	13668CX-6	1507S-4	Quantum	Walker 8wt	Walker 8wt
Role	Winter	Travel	Universal	Far & Fine	Salmon	Salmon
Grain Min	420	450	450			
Grain Max	570	750	750			
Reel	Nautilus 12S . .	Nautilus 12S Henshaw .	Henshaw Nautilus 12S Nautilus 12S	Nautilus 12S . ,	Stewart 300 . .	Saracione . .
Default Line	Ga ESH 8	NC STF 89	Tributary 78	RIO Long 78	Wintertide	Boss 89
Weight	37′ 462g	29′ 550g	44′ 575g	65′ 660g	32′ 550g	65′ 740g
Tippet	Polyleader	7 15′ 95g	Mono	Mono	7 15′ 95g	Mono

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🙂