Looking to build a 1 piece fly rod for light saltwater use. Would like something around an 8 weight with a length between 8 and 9 feet. Having a tough time locating such a beast. Anyone know of any spinning blanks that would work for this purpose? Any help appreciated.

Thanks, Brian

Steffen Brothers uses spigot ferrules. So ... they cut LONG blanks into the sections they want. Contact them regarding purchasing a blank BEFORE it is cut and ferruled. However, get ready for some serious wakeup on the freight charges and good luck transporting it in one-piece for very long.

Put Marc Forrest in the search engine as an author for some suggestions possibly. Recent post about this.

Brian,

Look for a spinnng rod in the length you want rated for around 1/2 ounce. That should load well with an 8 weight line.

You'll probably have to look at the salmon/steelhead blanks.

One piece may be difficult to find in such a long blank, so your choices may be limited. Maybe buy a two piece and epoxy it together?

You know what you want, but I'm curious why you'd want such a long one piece rod?

Buddy Sanders

mark steffen does not have an 8 wt in his lineup. he would have to design something and shipping would be a real pain.

Since when? He used to offer both 7-8wt and 8-9 wt. I am VERY aware that shipping would be a pain ... check my original post.

LARRY PIRRONE Wrote:
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> mark steffen does not have an 8 wt in his lineup.
> he would have to design something and shipping
> would be a real pain.

Check Mike McFarland, too.

Another option would be looking at the 8 ft Rainshadow popping rod blanks. Rainshadow could help you decide which one would work as an 8 wt.

Lamiglas steelhead blanks

hmmm, jim. did you just flame me? i guess when i think of mark i think in terms of his glass lineup. i forgot all about his graphite. that certainly may be an option.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/01/2008 10:07PM by LARRY PIRRONE.