Everybody should carefully measure the rods you intend to enter in the contest, tips and butt caps add a surprising amount of length, I had to trim 3/8 inch off of mine. I assume Tom will have a story pole/functional gage set up to quickly check the legality of the rods, and it would not be fun to be cutting off butt caps in the parking lot.

Right - we've covered that before. 6'6" is the legal limit. There is no "fudge" amount.

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Some one should bring a hack saw just in case LOL

Bill - willierods.com

Tom,
I look forward to this contest. I know there will be some Rainshadows involved. I like competitions.
Bill Batson

Bill Batson:

You chunkin or have you retained a fast draw contract rodslinger. You do have a horse in the race since you brought the first present day micro guides to an ICRBE event in North Carolina in a little box. At this point, I wish I had chosen to follow through with their use instead of giving them to Lance who looked at them for a few months and threw them in the trash! Thank goodness you did not give up and gave some to the Gardner Character a year later!

Now look what has happened - totally amazing!

I assume bookmaking is not allowed on this web site - If anyone cares to wager there will be person in a very loud shirt pesent that will cover all bets at odds of 1/1 - the winning baitcasting rod in the braid line class will have micro guides!

Gon Fishn

Bill;
Yes as it happens so many times in history. The perfect opportunity is often overlook by a few. Only to be seized on by another who takes the ball and runs with it, thus changing the course of history and product design, sometimes in little bitty micro ways.

I will look for the man in the loud shirt and take him up on his wager. Provided we use the same reel on both rods.

Clarification:

Action: Micro Rod beats Large Guided Conventionals

Not a challenge to those using micros

Mr. Gardner - are you telling me will use a rod that does not emply micros?

Mr. Stevens
I may not be all that intelligent, but I have enough common sense to show up with Micro rods.

I do however need a little further clarification. If my first guide (stripper) is not a micro and is more conventional size. Does that qualify it as a conventional setup?

These will also be spiral wrapped.
Will that again open the door for a wager?

I will have mono on the rods I m bringing because that is what they were built to be used with one is a 6’-6” top water rod the other 5’-8” a stick bait rod. If you will loan me a reel however I have no problems casting braid with it them.

I am also bringing a spinning rod for another builder who could not make the show but wanted to compete in the competition.
It is not a Micro rod, but casts exceptionally well.

This rod will also be for sale to any interested party after the competition.
The price will be $145.00 which was the cost of construction and shipping to NC.
No profit, builder would just like to recoup his expenses.