roger wilson Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Mark, > This was a fish caught by a rod building client of > mine who was fishing in Canada on Lake Winnipeg. > This was his first outing with his new rod. > > > p/photo/19861/title/lake-winnipeg-lake-trout/cat/5 > 06 > > I built a rod called a target rod that used the >
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Rick Handrick Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I’d assume you are talking about a rod for an > iFish pro or JawJacker type setup? I don’t know > of anybody who runs a true deadstick for Lakers - > many rods would be lost down the hole! > > For a jawjacker or iFish - I like 3” of handle > off the back of the reel seat. It’s enough to
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I’m build it for a friend. He doesn’t know it’s coming. He’s done some stuff for me and his birthday is coming up. So, as far as your fitting suggestions, all’s I can say is his hands are on the large size. We’re not in Lake Trout territory, he heads back to Montana to fish for Lake Trout. He runs a dead stick and jigs. Ten - twenty+ pound fish. I’ve seen pictures of them. They fish fairly sh
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Lol, I guess I was short on details. Yes, it’s an ice rod, VLine 36” High Class Hooker Walleye blank. Was thinking a bait feeder spinning reel. Thank you
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New member, new builder Thinking about putting a spinning reel seat on a lake trout dead stick. What is a good handle front and butt to use? Or, am I off base with the spinning reel seat? Thank you, Mark
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Hey Rick and Daryl, Thank you for the replies. I’m definitely a detail person and going slow doesn’t bother me. Someone else may not know the mistake is there, but I will. You both give good advice. More thinking and studying. Looking forward to learning from here at Rodbuilding! Thank you again, Mark
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Tom, Thank you for letting me know John Cates as the contact at Flex Coat. Rick, Thank you for your thoughts. Makes sense. Concentrate on the basics and process. My thought was, with power, having both hands free more of the time. Before joining here, I read some discussions of which power wrapper was better between a couple, and some guys would offer that they hand wrapped or hand wrapped
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Hi, New to rod building here. Wanting to start. My current interest is ice fishing rods. I read a couple comparisons of the DC777 against other power wrappers on here. The DC777 looks really interesting. I do have a question as to whether it ships full length or in 2 or 3 sections. I couldn’t find any info on that. I think it’s 93.5 inches long - if I had to guess I would say it doesn’t ship tha
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