rod building and rebuilding

[Redneck]

I'm jealous Kracker nice set up. That's a pretty sturdy looking rod your wrapping. Did you build the handle?

[Kracker Jack]

Redneck, the brown fenwick in the first picture is the rod that started this whole thing. I've been wanting to refinish that rod for a long time. The fenwick is a 15# to 40# class that will be set up with a tld 15 I have laying around for taug fishing. The other Penn rod is a old school 40# to 80#. We have a bunch of old school 6/0 combos that need repair so I'm practicing my wraps on them.

[GREYWOLF]

looks like real nice work !!, I remember my father used to make custom rods out of fenwick 1 piece 7' blanks for striper casting rods . I know it took him a while to make them . but they were works of art that caught fish. I wish I had been more interested back then , I would love to learn how to make them now . Keep up the good work

[macojoe]

I use to make them, no real works of art but they caught tons of fish!! Got sick of it after a while as everyone wanted one, and soon I was making them for everyone. I was happy in a way when I lost my hands cause I coukld not do it anymore. But still have a few around.

[Kracker Jack]

Heres the rod drying rack i built a month ago. The chucks are made from 1/2 pvc caps. The motors are 8 rpm synchronous motors made for microwave turn tables. They were 4 dollars a piece. I think i have 17.00 dollars total in this setup. And its all i need.