in the last couple of years, there has been the emergence of of the "Palm" Rod and nobody has components for these. Also, the differences in Material used, Taper, and length are changing a lot in the industry with the manufacturers of Ice rods racing to catch up. Many people want extra sensitive tips and a lot of back bone. I have trouble finding blanks like this. Most of the bl
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I am looking for an article or information on Ice Fishing Rods. I know that their has been a lot of development on these rods in the past couple of years but not much information is available about them. It seems that in this case the commercial market is ahead of the builders.
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Thank you for your idea's. Yes this is Michigan Pier's and I typically use a noodle rod as I do fish from the Pier itself. 11, 6 is my prefered length. The reason for the length is because the Piers are typcally lined with large rocks and the extra lenght allows the ability to get over them. Shorter rods don't do this. I have used this type of rod for both small fish. Lake perch and such, an
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I have idea's about what makes a good Michigan Pier fishing rod. I am interested to hear other idea's. Please post your best idea's for this type of rod.
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Put color preserver on the underwrap before you start the overwrap. You will not even need to secure the underwrap when doing the top wrap. This makes the whole thing easier.
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I have made some cool ones by going to the automotive parts store and getting gasket material. They have several diffferent colors.
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I found the visualweave article interesting however. I don't try as hard to tie them off. What I do is put color preserver on the wrap when complete. After it drys them I can cut off the ends and taper them to the rod. The color preserver will keep the wrap from coming apart. After I have trimmed the end of the weave or butt wrap. I will then wind the ends normally. I have used this sucess
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