Hey guys,

I'm going to start a pink live bait rod for a friend's wife for Valentines day pretty soon. He told me to "make the rod pretty" and wants it to be a moderate to moderate fast action. This is for a TLD 15 and 20lb mono. General south florida live bait fishing from a boat. "bump trolling" and drifting.

I wold like to get a few opinions on this before i order components if you would please. I am going crazy trying to pick out colors for thread etc.

Blank - Mud Hole's e glass SPSWB7M-PINK (trying to be cost effictive and would rather not paint a blank) never built on one.

Guides- American Tackle HHRLC would that be to busy? also considering the HTRLC guides

Black EVA

Either a black plastic gimbal... or an aluminium one to match the reel seat???

Pac Bay Channel Lock Seat 20mm. TICH chrome, silver or black hoods????? Leaning twords the THIC finish on the hoods / trim ring.

GUIDE WRAPS!? lavander metallic under wrap with a teal or island lagoon (prowrap # 413) nylon overwrap to match his seafoam green hull???

Dolphin (fish) sticker

Pink abalone??????????????? Too busy?????????


What do you guys think / suggest?
Thank a bunch!
Garrett

Why a pink blank?
Try a white blank and make the wraps in different shades of pink.
A clear as possible reel seat maybe aluminum color, not black and silver guides with silver trims to guet all components in harmony.
Just an idea.
Abraço

Nuno

Thanks Nuno but the blank has to be pink.............. I tried going down other avenues with the coustomer. Pink it is.

Mudhole has pink blanks.....

oops should have read the entire post...sorry



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/21/2011 05:32PM by Larry Damore.

Do a google image search for "pink fishing rod"...all kinds of ideas.

Go for metallic white wraps with some pink (maybe a cross wrap) and keep the aluminum color reel seat and silver guides. It will be a little different from the usual pink rods and very feminine.
I finished a pink rod today. Going to try to upload the photos tomorrow. Maybe you guet idea from there.
Abraço

Nuno

Garrett,
I think that there is enough bling in the guides without any contrasting wraps.
All of the pink rods that I have made have used matching pink thread. The guide wraps melt into the blank.

A nice contrast with pink is gold.

Many of the pink rods that I have made, use gold guides, with matching gold reel seat.

Lots of options. I don't think that "pretty" necessarily needs to have a lot of different colors. One or two colors is plenty and gives a beautiful rod.

Roger

Thanks guys!

Roger. I think you are right. I may be thinking about colors too much.

Nuno. looking forward to the pictures

I built a pink rod with red eva handle and red alum reel seat also had red wraps and red guides. It was HOT. Sorry I don't have pics my friend gave the rod to his new daughter-in-law. She loves it.

Just finished up a pink panfish rod for my granddaughter. Mudhole CRB blank with EVA handle. Fuji reel seat with ss band. I used black framed Fuji guides with silver inserts. Simple wrap with ProWrap #325 Red and touched it up with a single, small ProWrap #9860 metallic silver trim band. Everything blended together quite nicely.

Garrett i have upload the photos of my pink rod.
Hope that could help you to have a few ideas.
Abraço

Nuno