Nothing special here, just using the Jack and Jointer across, at an angle and finally with the grain to get the top flattened:

Also used an old #4 Stanley smoother to smooth out the top (no pics) before I flipped the beam over to start flattening out the bottom, this is going to take a while:

I got tired, so I took a break to go to the store to pick up a new rod to match up with the new reel that came in today for Salmon fishing on the river: