Anyone ever use their tubular fiberglass blanks; I'm thinking about getting their 5' UL for my second rod to wrap. Any opinions: junk, okay, or good value for the buck?

just finished an 8 foot spinning blank from them same material. i get better reviews from it than i do the 8 foot tiger eye graphite people just love the old days of fiberglass, needless to say im very impressed with the netcraft fiberglass blanks, great price, great blank, great service from netcraft big thumbs up here dan

Brian - I'm unfamilar with the Netcraft blanks, but at the prices they are it can't hurt. Everyone has good things to say about Jann's as well.

What's the deal with these sissy UL rods. I wanna hear you ask about a Black Drum rod!!! Did you ever do the Scrimshaw stuff? I think your idea is definately doable.....do a search for polyester Casting resins - the guy you want to speak with is Joe Emig. A little far off, but once you get the hang of this rod building you should definately look into it.

Maybe inlay a Skate tail in teh grip....I know a guy you could charter who specializes in Skates, lol!!

Newborn at home, Billy- that's the deal with the UL rods.

And ssshhhhhhhhhhh on the scrimshaw ;) I'm going drum fishing this spring just to get the skin to try what we talked about before.

I built a rod on an ul 5' black fiberglass netcraft blank about 7 or 8 years ago. If it is still the same blank (it cost about 5 bucks) its worth it. It has a nice a slow action , typical to most fiberglass rods. I really liked the blank a lot for smaller fish and actually landed a couple steelhead and lake trout on it so its a pretty strong blank.