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Spanish mackerel from Rodanthe, NC
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Robert Robertson
Registered: May 2006
Location: Hiram, OH (USA)
Posts: 9
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Had to share this. I built the rod with an unlabeled blank (6' 4pc fast and heavy) bought from Andy Dear at the Charlotte show (2006) for $10. A great pier rod -- small enough to cast all day and strong enough to land much larger fish than what we caught. Thanks and what a memory!
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Keywords: fishing mackerel North Carolina
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Ted Morgan
Registered: March 2005
Location: Townsville, Australia
Posts: 125
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Thu August 31, 2006 1:51am
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Nice going. What blank was that? The split grip and simple clean wraps look nice.
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Robert Robertson
Registered: May 2006
Location: Hiram, OH (USA)
Posts: 9
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Thu August 31, 2006 7:21am
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Ted,
It was a 3 piece blank, not 4 as I originally posted; I picked it out of a big bucket full of blanks at the rod builder's show last winter -- I don't know who manufactured it. They were just rubber-banded together, and they were being sold cheap (perfect for me!) I got them from Lamar products (Andy Dear). I think it's probably a casting blank, as it is really, really stiff with a large butt (didn't measure, sorry) and a size 6.5 tip. Thanks for noticing my "simple and clean" design -- I've done some spiral wraps and big globs of color, but I'm most impressed by the subtle style of traditional bamboo fly rods. I'm trying to adapt that to my stuff with graphite, but I think graphite rods still need a little more decoration than bamboo. I did the split grip so that I could comfortably fish the rod with a "pencil grip" style of hold, over the edge of the pier -- not very glamorous. It also feels very comforatble on my forearm. In my opinion, this rod is what custom building is about: making exactly what you (think you) need.
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Ted Morgan
Registered: March 2005
Location: Townsville, Australia
Posts: 125
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Thu August 31, 2006 10:19pm
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Sweet. no doubt about custom: what you want, how you want it. That's the way I try and work too: KISS, nice and neat. Nice little mack too.
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