custom rods?

[birddogwi]

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For me, it has always been "I like the feel and the look" first then the price. $350 is about right. Even my custom made (by my own husband) cost more than that for the hardware and cork I wanted. By the way, good cork is expensive and getting harder and harder to find. [/reply]

I'm the same way with most things, FG.. I just saw a little humor in the 7.5% ?? off of $380 deal..($350.. $380.. what's the difference??) pardon my twisted sense of humor [laugh]

Oh I'm quite aware of it! I built 4 ice rods for myself this past winter for jigging Perch through the ice in 80FOW..

Per rod:
- St Croix 4wt 9' rod top section
- 8" pre-made cork spinning grip and butt cap
- 6 (size6-10) American Tackle Titanium Nitride single foot holo/holo guides with matching holo/holo tip and folding holo hook keeper
- Flex Coat epoxy and wrap finish kit + tip glue
- Black wrapping thread

...total material expense for 1 4' ice rod was @ $95.

Look at the Irony here .. $95 x's 4 = $380 [laugh][laugh] for 4 ICE FISHING RODS!!! [laugh][laugh] but thats what I was faced with when I couldn't find anything I liked []

Here's a pic of one of 'em pre-build:




I'm a rookie at that rod building game and it nearly was the death of me but I got through it [cool] I am however not going to attempt a full length flyrod.. thats just not happening!
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