Idea for building my first custom rod

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[#0000FF]Anglers have been building spinning rods on fly fishing rod blanks for many years. I made my first ones while living in Sacramento and fishing the salmon and steelhead rivers of the north coast of
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[#0000FF]California. The longer length provided better line control across big waters and also helped with shock absorption when fighting large fish on light lines.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]When I moved to Utah in the late 1970's I built a "bubble-chucker" spinning rod on a 9' 6-weight fly rod. I used it not only for throwing a bubble and fly long distances, but for bottom bouncing flies on the Provo and other Utah Streams as well.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]One other application for building spinning rods on long blanks is for "dip sticking". There is a whole line of "crappie rods" made by several manufacturers...up to 16 feet in length...used for reaching out and gently lowering lures or baits beside cover to catch crappies. I made mine for making similar vertical presentations to bass, crappies, catfish and sunfish while kicking slowly along in my float tube..."dip sticking".[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]The costliest way to get what you want would be to buy a made up fly rod, strip the guides off and rebuild it with a spinning rod handle and spinning guides. Better to get the blank you want and then piece together the other component parts.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]Yes, Virginia, there are definitely lots of uses for a long spinning rod.
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