I have built quite a few rods over the years boat rods and spinning rods but never did a Surf Rod. What would be a good length for the butt grip and the foregrip on a 10' Surf Rod?

That all depends on the user. About the best thing I could recommend to you at the moment, is to take the blank and go outside and just play around with it - grab it and go through some casting and retrieve motions. Now note where your hand/s are on the blank. Locate your reel seat to accommodate what you've just done naturally.

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I'll second what Tom wrote, but will add one thing: when you get the reel seat in the right place, you should know it. You'll find a spot where the rod, both when cast and when retrieved, just feels right. That's where the reel seat goes.

Try a search here and you will get a LOT of info on this -- if you like to read

Bill - willierods.com

I build surf rods for my self and some friends.
I usally put the bottom of my real seat about 29 inches from the bottom of the blank.
I use about 6 inches of grips on the butt end and at the bottom of the real seat and about 4 1/2 inches on the foregrip.
But before I put any thing on my blank, I wrap my but wrap then flex coat then put my grips on,
this way I don't have a cut off wrap on both ends this way it looks like a nice wrap coming out from under the grips.
If you would like I can upload a few pics of the surf rods I did or email them to you..

Glen

I Was Born Without Gills, Therefore I Fish!
Love The Wife! Live Long! Fish Till You Die!

Glen Hendricks Wrote:
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> I build surf rods for my self and some friends.
> I usally put the bottom of my real seat about 29
> inches from the bottom of the blank.
> I use about 6 inches of grips on the butt end and
> at the bottom of the real seat and about 4 1/2
> inches on the foregrip.
> But before I put any thing on my blank, I wrap my
> but wrap then flex coat then put my grips on,
> this way I don't have a cut off wrap on both ends
> this way it looks like a nice wrap coming out from
> under the grips.
> If you would like I can upload a few pics of the
> surf rods I did or email them to you..
>
> Glen


Pictures would be great thanks Glen

Hey there John,

I just uploaded some of the pics. goto photos and type my name
and it will bring the pics up. check them out, have any questions give me a yell
Hope this helps..

Glen

I Was Born Without Gills, Therefore I Fish!
Love The Wife! Live Long! Fish Till You Die!

Glen
That is some nice work and a great help. Thanks

Glen Hendricks Wrote:
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> Hey there John,
>
> I just uploaded some of the pics. goto photos and
> type my name
> and it will bring the pics up. check them out,
> have any questions give me a yell
> Hope this helps..
>
> Glen


That is some nice work and a great help. Thanks

Thanks guys,
I really hadn't been wrapping long.
I started about 5 years ago still a pup at it.
Still trying to learn some of the other wraps like the fish and thunderbird or what ever its called..

Glen

I Was Born Without Gills, Therefore I Fish!
Love The Wife! Live Long! Fish Till You Die!



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/06/2011 06:53PM by Glen Hendricks.