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The Craft of Fishing Gear => Rod Building => : Fresh2salt July 22, 2016, 08:52:01 PM

: rod building
: Fresh2salt July 22, 2016, 08:52:01 PM
Any advice or tips for someone looking to build there first rod ?
: Re: rod building
: LONGCAST JOE July 22, 2016, 09:19:34 PM
A quality, hand selected , piece of bamboo, that's the key
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: xjchad July 22, 2016, 10:55:51 PM
A quality, hand selected , piece of bamboo, that's the key

 ;D
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: Fresh2salt July 23, 2016, 12:27:40 AM
okay can you recommend a source
: Re: rod building
: Latimeria July 23, 2016, 09:33:25 AM
I've never built any rods, but found a cool video that may be helpful.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZ8u4OZumL0


: Re: rod building
: Eric H July 23, 2016, 11:35:49 AM
Check out mudhole. I believe they have a rod building forum.

So does BD...
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: Fish Jerk July 23, 2016, 07:32:55 PM
Highly recommend mudhole. They have s great selection of starter gear for getting into rod building including rod kits with every thing you need. I have always wanted to try my hand but lack the space to do so.
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: Fresh2salt July 23, 2016, 11:21:30 PM
yea but I cant find any good video or tutorial of how to align the guides .
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: LONGCAST JOE July 29, 2016, 04:01:24 PM
yea but I cant find any good video or tutorial of how to align the guides .
I've never built any rods, but found a cool video that may be helpful.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZ8u4OZumL0