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About Fishing Products including Make Your Own => Build Your Own Fishing Rods => Topic started by: Crookedneck on March 23, 2011, 08:20:42 PM

Title: Here fishy, fishy!
Post by: Crookedneck on March 23, 2011, 08:20:42 PM
This is rod I am building for a buddy.  He wanted the Alps casting seat and a fish wrap.  So I did it, with a little bit of marbling on the split grip portion of the rod.

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Mike
Title: Re: Here fishy, fishy!
Post by: Cy on March 24, 2011, 04:43:16 PM
Looks good Mike.  I really like the wrap.
Title: Re: Here fishy, fishy!
Post by: Cheetam on March 24, 2011, 06:27:53 PM
Quote from: Cy on March 24, 2011, 04:43:16 PM
Looks good Mike.  I really like the wrap.
+1!  How long does it take you to do something like that?
Title: Re: Here fishy, fishy!
Post by: thedude on March 24, 2011, 07:22:16 PM
wrap turned out great, nice work!
Title: Re: Here fishy, fishy!
Post by: Bassgeek on March 24, 2011, 07:35:16 PM
nice threadwork on that wrap. that reel seat looks sick. how comfy is it?
Title: Re: Here fishy, fishy!
Post by: Crookedneck on March 27, 2011, 08:08:50 PM
Thanks for the comments guys.

Cheetam, If I had all the parts and worked on that alone It would probably take a week or so.  The wrap itself took about 6 hours.  There is alot of epoxy work on this rod between the wrap and the marbling.

Bassgeek, the reel seat is pretty nice.  It is substantually heavier than a graphite.  But it is tougher than nails and gives it a rod a truely custom look.  I can say it isn't the warmest reel seat in the cooler weather.   ;D 
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