hi all as I said in an earlier post I met this guy on a job and he said he had seen all the flippin sticks and they were not heavy enough for him I guess he is brutal on his equipment so if I use a different blank can I make it a telescope type and if so how ( if it is and has not been in rodmaker yet that would be a good article imo)Thanks Doug

Only way to do that would be to get a scrap piece of blank with a matching taper that would oversleeve the butt of the longer blank. It would have to be pretty beefy and you'd want to reinforce the open end of the handle section with a tight thread wrap. I see no reason you couldn't make this work if you could find a good piece for the oversleeve.

Doug,
Has he ever looked at one of the glass flipping sticks, the only problem I've noticed with real heavy actioned rods is that it gives the bass an advantage because it launches them every time they jump, slacks the line, and the jig's weight on the headshake or top of the jump extracts the hook.
Glass rods keep the fish in the water, line tight, are very superline friendly, take abuse, and you can get them one piece or telescoping.

This is a very heavy flippin stick. Check out www.roguerods.com.

They say that these are the specs on it: Line Weight is 15 - 30 #, Lure Weight is 1/4 - 1 1/2 Oz, but no way. It's much heavier than that.

Sounds like your friend is trying to send you on a wild goose chase just seeing what you are willing to do for him. I usually dont deal with these types. When I have dealt with them on occasion against my bad judgment as the rod is about finished they call you and say they dont really need it now because they found what they want on sale for half the price it cost you to build. Now you have you own personal 8' flippin stick that in your mind you really know it isnt going to work very good. I make a recomendation as to what they really should have and if they want something stupid I tell them I wont build it. Just remember just becasue he wants one doent mean you have to build it.

Get a deposit!! Then he is locked in for some

Doug,
IMHO, I would say to perhaps try advising him to use flippin' sticks without the telescoping part. Though some blanks today are just as strong telescoping as regular 1 piece, there are a lot still out there that are weaker at that joint. I've built a few one-piece flippin-sticks non-telescoping. They rock. Two examples of blanks I've altered to be used for flippin are the GUSA 7'9" 12-25 X-tra fast and the St. Croix 7'2" 17-36 SCII blanks. They're very different rods for very different clients, but a decent crafter can make them work very well. I've seen both rods send five pound bass flying on the hookset....so you reel them in from the other side of the boat.