Tutorial: How to Adorn Your Bindings with a Trim

How to Create a Trim at the Beginning and End of a Binding on a Fishing Rod

The trim is an essential technique for adding an aesthetic touch to a fishing rod. Whether you wish to add it at the beginning or at the end of a binding, this method requires no additional maneuvers, only a slight adaptation of the technique. Discover in this detailed guide how to successfully create a trim.

Table of Contents

• Creating a Trim at the Beginning of a Binding
• Creating a Trim at the End of a Binding

Creating a Trim at the Beginning of a Binding

Step 1: Preparation

• Secure the colored thread used for the trim and a downstream loop using a strip of painter’s tape.
• Begin your binding by passing the main thread over itself from left to right.
• Maintain the tension and perform the first wraps.
• After 6 or 7 wraps, remove the left tape.

Step 2

• Place and keep the colored thread stretched perpendicular to the blank.

Step 3

• Wrap the desired number of turns by rotating your blank.
• Ensure that the coils are tightly wound.

Step 4

• Maintain tension with your index finger.
• Pass the thread through the loop and pull to bring it under the binding.

Step 5

• Press the coils using a burnisher.

Step 6

• Cut the excess threads.

Step 7

• Continue your binding until completion.
• Your binding with trim is ready for the application of varnish.

Creating a Trim at the End of a Binding

Step 1: Beginning of the Binding

• Begin your binding by passing the main thread over itself from left to right.
• Maintain the tension and perform the first wraps.
• After 6 or 7 wraps, the binding is well secured.

Step 2: Preparing the Trim

• 12 to 15 wraps before the end, secure a colored thread for the trim under a coil.
• Fix it parallel to the blank with painter’s tape.
• Perform about 10 wraps while maintaining high tension.
• Cut the excess and slightly pull the thread under the binding if necessary.

Step 3

• Secure a first loop under a coil and perform 2 to 3 wraps.

Step 4

• Add a second loop under a coil and perform 2 to 3 wraps again.

Step 5

• Hold the main thread with your index finger and cut it.
• Pass it through the first loop, then pull.
• The binding is now well secured on itself.

Step 6: Creating the Trim

• Keep the colored thread stretched perpendicular to the blank.
• Wrap the desired number of turns.
• Hold it with your index finger, pass it through the loop, then pull as with the main thread.

Step 7

• Cut the excess threads.
• Press the coils one last time. Your binding is ready to be varnished.