Update. Received my blanks from Rich yesterday. There was a problem with one of the blank colors. Rich was extremely generous and told me to keep the blank and he would order me the correct color for free. That was very nice and professional of him.
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Hi Herb. No they were just blanks not finished. A bs704 and an es 663
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Update. I finally got a response from Rich today by email. He said he would ship my rods to me tomorrow and send me a tracking number. I'm keeping my fingers crossed. Thanks for all your help.
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Thanks very much Herb. That was very nice of you. I did email Ingrid last week and she said she would try to help me by contacting Rich. She was very nice. I really appreciate your help. Hopefully Ingrid will come through or maybe someone else on here knows how to reach Rich.
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Thanks Jim. Will try that.
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Wondering if anyone can help me. Back in March at the Sommerset fishing show I purchased two CTS blanks from Rich at RH Custom Rods. He finally returned my email in July and told me he had my blanks and would ship them when he returned from Icast. Since then I have called him and emailed him several times with no response. I am really nervous that I might be out over $400.00 I paid for the blanks
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If you have Facebook try sending a private message from their page. I get quick responses this way.
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Hi Lynn. Exactly a foot and a half. Good advice. Next build I will consider a shorter rear grip. Thanks.
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Thanks Ken and Tom.
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I am new to building spinning rods. I am trying to use the x27 system but I'm not sure if I'm doing it correct. My spool diameter is is 45mm so I multiplied 45x27 and got 1215mm which is 47.8inches. I measured this from the lip of my reel mounted on the rod and it put the choke guide about 12 inches from the tip on a 6'6inch rod. Did I do this properly and is this too close to the tip for the cho
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