Hi,
I have a NTiQ 9 foot 9 weight 3 piece blank and I was thinking om using the top two sections to make a 6 foot casting rod for single hand use.

But I have never build a casting rod before and I would like some input on the project.

I have found out that I want a pistol grip and an exposed blank trigger seat but which guides do I put on and which sizes ?

Can I make it a spiral wrap ?

I guess the casting weight would be between 3/4 and 1 oz but maybe someone has a better guess ?

It will be used with a low profile Shimano casting reel size 201 and braided line - Berkley Fireline or something like that.

So I need help with the guides and I would also appreciate your opinion on the project.

Thanks
Peter

First, those two top sections from a fly rod will make a poor casting rod in may ways. The action will be very slow and not at all crisp in terms of how the rod feels. If you want to build a casting rod, I'd buy a more suitable blank for the project. I just don't think you're going to like what you have as a casting rod.

Yes you can build any casting rod with a spiral wrap.

If you can run the CCS measurements you can easily determine what the casting weight range will be.


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Toms right, you'd be tossing out all the backbone in the rod as multi piece rods over two section are usuallly a bit narrower to accomodate the many ferrules and still maintain a taper. Those are pretty heavy lure weights you'd want more towards 5/16 to 1/2 and a half oz is still pretty heavy, but that all depends,in the south they do use heavy stuff , heading up north the line gets lighter and ligther and so do the lure weights

Leave all the sections on and you'll have a nice steelhead rod.