09-21-2013, 04:50 PM
I started about 10 yrs ago with a cabelas kit = blank, guides, thread, glue, reel seat, handle etc. and the flex cote hand wrapper, a cheap dryer motor kit, and a set of reamers. I still use all of it. and my lathe for turning my own handles.
I actually buy tons of stuff off ebay, like closeout blanks and obsolete sage blanks. I've done 3 zAxis rods this year in 4 pc 10 ft , in 4wt, 6wt & 8wt all with Whitetail antler handle, butt-cap and reel-seat with nickel silver fittings & tch single foot guides. I only paid $185 for each blank set and picked up a half dzn of them.
youtube and goggle have helped tons as well, but not as much as the guys on the rod building forum on ifish.net
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last weekend from the Lewiston Pond
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I actually buy tons of stuff off ebay, like closeout blanks and obsolete sage blanks. I've done 3 zAxis rods this year in 4 pc 10 ft , in 4wt, 6wt & 8wt all with Whitetail antler handle, butt-cap and reel-seat with nickel silver fittings & tch single foot guides. I only paid $185 for each blank set and picked up a half dzn of them.
youtube and goggle have helped tons as well, but not as much as the guys on the rod building forum on ifish.net
[url "http://www.ifish.net/...orumdisplay.php?f=53"]http://www.ifish.net/...orumdisplay.php?f=53[/url]
last weekend from the Lewiston Pond
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