Just got back from Salmon fishing with my older brother and he had somewhat of a difficult time learning to "chuck n' duck" with a 10' fly rod from my boat. So I thought I would build him a spinning rod for next season as this may be a lot easier for him. But the majority of spinning blanks I find are in the 6'6" - 8' range and I would like to find maybe a 3 piece in a 10' blank but no luck so far.

I know some people build spinning rods on fly blanks and I may have to resort to that to get the length I want. Nick Dazer forwarded me Mudhole's sale on a Cascade 10' blank I think but that was a 12/13 wt blank and I don't think I need something quite that heavy. Wouldn't a 10' 10wt fly blank be sufficient for an easy throwing spinning rod for 15#-20# Salmon? Thanks.

There should be plenty of "salmon/steelhead" blanks that fit the bill for what you want. You can build them either in spinning or casting configuration equally well and most run 8' or more in length.

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Hi Tim,
Check out the Batson Rainshadow model HS1021F. They are 8'6" and will handle kings easily.
Also, the G.Loomis STR1025 8"6" would be a great choice but at least twice the price as the Batson.
The Batson HS1021F has a 20 lb. line rating and the Loomis is 17 lb.
I have casting rods made with both blanks and love both of them but I was surprised to realize I like the
Rainshadow better for casting spinners for kings here on Sacramento River.

Raymond Adams
Eventually, all things merge, and a river runs through it..

The Dan Craft 10 ft 7 to 8 wt FT might work if your need a 4 piece blank. If storage/travel isn't in the works I'd go with the 2 piece spin/cast blanks in the length you want. The midwest guys like the 4 - 8 through 6 -10 lb blanks the most it seems. I believe Dan told me he uses a 6 wt FT for steelhead. Fished a Thorne Bros rod built on a 10 ft 7 wt Thomas & Thomas that seems to work very well years ago. Just built on the 9 ft 8 wt FT and it CCd out as a X-fast tipped 10 wt.