In need a blank to perform as described below.

I have a friend that charters on the Delaware bay.

He primarily fishes for flounder. every now and again hooking up a 20lb. rock fish, customers have a tendency to break rods ment for flounder.

What he is looking for is a rod that can give the customer a fun fight with the flounder but be able to handel the 20lb,er without breakage.

I inland fish, fly, just got into bass a few years back, I don't know much about the other.


Thank you much for all your help.

Curt

That's a tall order - a rod meant to excel at two different tasks. I'd look for some sort of glass/carbon composite, or even all glass.

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Mudhole value e glass spswb 7m . Built a few of them . My girlfriends daughter has landed a 30lb bass on one.

Fish don't break rods, fishermen do. I'd say go with an ugly stick. Maybe the Mudhole above is a tough rod, but I know ugly sticks can take the abuse. If I were in the charter business I wouldn't even consider having custom rods built for my business.

Michael Danek Wrote:
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> Fish don't break rods, fishermen do. I'd say go
> with an ugly stick. Maybe the Mudhole above is a
> tough rod, but I know ugly sticks can take the
> abuse. If I were in the charter business I
> wouldn't even consider having custom rods built
> for my business.


Wow! I can go w/ the idea of a forgiving glass/carbon composite blank, but an off the rack Ugly Stick...surely, we as rodbuilders can offer some improvements over that.

Look at glass / glass composite blanks - those that manufacturers call "live bait blanks" are a good option. Another really good option are Calstar blanks like the 196 series blanks - very fast taper thin tips.

People on charter and party boats don't take care of equipment like the people that own it. The mud hole value eglass that kevin post would be a good blank or a soild glass like tom said..I repair a lot of rods for a fleet of party boats that fish the delaware bay out of Lewes delaware .

only catching smaller Stripers Batson RCLB 70L

At 20 bucks mudhole e glass you can't go wrong. They are great inshore and bay blanks.

Jerry Poindexter Wrote:
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> Michael Danek Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Fish don't break rods, fishermen do. I'd say
> go
> > with an ugly stick. Maybe the Mudhole above is
> a
> > tough rod, but I know ugly sticks can take the
> > abuse. If I were in the charter business I
> > wouldn't even consider having custom rods built
> > for my business.
>
>
> Wow! I can go w/ the idea of a forgiving
> glass/carbon composite blank, but an off the rack
> Ugly Stick...surely, we as rodbuilders can offer
> some improvements over that.

Exactly what I was thinking.

Hello Guy's.

There is nothing wrong with the Ugly Stick blank it's the set-up, with a good set of guides put on right the Ugly Stick would be a good Strong Rod, and if you take it one step further and re-do the handle and seat too(make it lighter) you would have a light responsive rod compared to what you started with and it would be as good as any other Glass rod.

I have a few of the old blanks and they build pretty good.

Tight Wraps.

Bob,

New Bern, NC.

Hi Curtis
I have built several conventional rods with crb IS70H blanks and have been very pleased with the results . I have caught small porgies to a 58lb black drum on these setups.