First rod build

New River Rat

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This rod has been out three times now and she is great! This is my first build and it was designed to throw, what else? Jigs! Most sensitive rod I have ever fished.

I ordered a high modulus HM-MB843-MHX from Mudhole, some American Tackle Nanolite guides, super grade cork and still came in $60 cheaper than DRs quote using a lesser grade blank. This blank is comparable to a G Loomis GLX.


This is a split grip, skeletal reel seat and with spiral wrap guides.



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Radtexan

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Looks like a nice one.....Better watch out you'll be into all those special wraps and skins and patterns before ya know it...
 

redman

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Good looking rod you got there. Sure that it will throw a jig right on top of a big bunch of nice fat Slabs. Building one yourself sure does cut the cost. Way cool


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New River Rat

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StumpHunter said:
That is nice. What does the spiral wrapped guides do for a rod, never seen a rod with spiral eyes.

Baitcasting rods (with guides on top) have a natural tendency to torque, trying to turn the tip guide downward. Something a spinning rod has over a baitcaster is the fact the guides are on the bottom. A baitcaster has more guides to keep the line off the blank; a spinning rod uses fewer because it doesn’t need to keep the line off the blank. After using a spinning rod as a preferred method for a lot of years, this is perfectly understandable.

At some point, the light bulb went off and someone decided the best attributes of a baitcaster (distance, accuracy, power to winch a fish) combined with the attributes of a spinning rod (less guides, less weight, more sensitivity because less weight, no torque while fighting a fish) was a match made in heaven.

I have several fishing buddies that build rods and almost to a man, everyone prefers this spiral design. I have on rod that is paired with a Shimano Curado E50, spooled with 20# Power Pro that will throw a wacky rigged Magic Stik a country mile.


RadTexan, there is NO danger of ever seeing me use any rod with bling on it. Added weight=<sensitivity.


 

osagejoe

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that is a good looking roberts wrap it has been 16 years since i built one with that wrap.:)
 
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