Micheal, I totally understand the sloppiness and I like it. So how did you go about choosing a rod for this? What's the equation? I'd like to be able to hit trout and smaller bass on a short rod with tiny lures, but the only blanks I can find in a sensible price range for a first time build in a short length are 4wt in moderate action, but I don't have any context for how that would compare
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Of course it's not magic. That's exactly my point. But obviously I'm missing something here. Let me ask you some questions, Tom. 1. You say that it has nothing to do with fly or spin blank in particular. That means that my understanding that fly rods flex more than spin rods in general is incorrect? That's important because right now I'm thinking that any fly rod would throw the magnet bet
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Look fellas, I respect everyone's opinion, but that's not really what I'm after. I know how the rods work under their intended functions, but I'm specifically interested in how the rod's characteristics effect real world performance when casting lures. Regardless of your opinion, it's a thing people do and I'm going to as well. The simple fact is that my Frankenstein rod casts trout magnets li
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Hello folks, First time poster. I am interested in building an ultralight spin rod from a fly rod blank to throw 1/64-1/8oz lures, mostly trout magnets jigs to be exact, but I would like to throw some bigger marabou jigs as well. I already use a Frankenstein setup where I put the top 3 sections of my 9' 5wt 4 piece fly rod on the bottom section of my 6 foot 2 piece spin rod. It casts those
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