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Fresh2salt

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rod building
« on: July 22, 2016, 08:52:01 PM »
Any advice or tips for someone looking to build there first rod ?

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Re: rod building
« Reply #1 on: July 22, 2016, 09:19:34 PM »
A quality, hand selected , piece of bamboo, that's the key

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Re: rod building
« Reply #2 on: July 22, 2016, 10:55:51 PM »
A quality, hand selected , piece of bamboo, that's the key

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Re: rod building
« Reply #3 on: July 23, 2016, 12:27:40 AM »
okay can you recommend a source

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Re: rod building
« Reply #4 on: 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


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Re: rod building
« Reply #5 on: 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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Re: rod building
« Reply #6 on: 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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Re: rod building
« Reply #7 on: 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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Re: rod building
« Reply #8 on: 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