Shortening rod blanks
Shortening rod blanks
Will I run into any trouble if I cut two feet off the butt of a blank?
update (if anyone else is interested):
I asked on another board and got a few responses. Nobody seems to know if you can hack apart a blank. The advice I did get was to buy a multi-piece blank and leave off a few sections. Good idea.
I was directed to www.dorber.com. They sell 4.5' and 5' blanks in 4wt. sizes. Cheap too. I'm looking to build a "brush rod" for tight streams and for those little beach snook. I'm thinking the shorter length will result in fewer spooked snook???
This stuff is addicting.
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Off the blank or off an already manufactured rod?
Cutting length off the rod is something I do routinely. Then after I get the cork grips and reel seat put on how I want it, I manually do the guide spacing. My rod building mentor taught me how to do the guide spacing.
Conversely, you can cut some off the tip of the rod if you want to make a stouter rod.
Cutting length off the rod is something I do routinely. Then after I get the cork grips and reel seat put on how I want it, I manually do the guide spacing. My rod building mentor taught me how to do the guide spacing.
Conversely, you can cut some off the tip of the rod if you want to make a stouter rod.
pee-dash-eff, "Desperate. H.W"
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