Hey yall, rather new to building. I've built 4 rods so far 1 ultralight and 3 bass rods on northfork blanks. But im wanting to build a heavy duty flathead catfish rod for fishing heavy water release (cfs) behind dams. I often throw up to 28-30 ounce of lead just to hold in and its not a cast but more of a lob. So far the 10 ft bigwater uglystick has worked great for me. Very stiff stout rod. Has anyone on here built on a steadfast rod blank? Also his 10 ft blanks are 1 peice so to avoid expensive shipping costs he's thinking of sending me a 8'6" blank and a 2 ft peice to go in the 8' peice from behind. Has anyone done this? I want to epoxy it in so it's solid. Thanks everyone and any and all advice is appreciated

Colter Scott Wrote:
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>... want to epoxy it in so it's solid.

What are you going to epoxy in?

The old Lamiglas 15 ft. Heavers were built that way, you bought a long blank and the extension to get them that long, worked for decades on sturgeon to 10 ft. just below Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River.

Glue the 2ft piece into the butt of the 8ft piece