I usually act like a little kid when I get excited about something, so let me apologize for my behavior or lack thereof before hand!

I just got the reelseat / cork grip put together on the newly received Forecast Spey Rod that I ordered through H&H. Karry Batson was right on when he said this rod is nice and a great value. I was a little worried about the modulus and the characteristics of the rod, but once I got a chance to play around with this rod; they were short lived! This should turn out to be a great summer project for next years steelhead season.

The cork butt grip, aluminum reelseat, and foregrip look sweet on the blue colored blank.

A couple observations that I hope others would feel free to comment about:

1. The butt section of this rod was so stiff, I was unable to find a spine. It didn't have a noticable bend, so I glued up the grip and reelseat any which way.

2. The kit I received came with dark blue thread. I have HT metallic blue and Silver HT Metallic. The guides are double footer guides are in chrome; any ideas on how I should wrap this baby up?

3. I didn't get a guide spacing recommendation. Does anyone have it for this rod? Karry?

Thanks,
Domenic Federico

Another blank series that just became available was recommended to me by Andy Snedden, the Pac Bay Euro-Speys. A buddy of mine just built up the 14 ft 8/9 wt and it's a keeper.

Guide spacing is available on the H&H web site.