Making your on rod

[flygoddess]

I agree on it not being hard, but it can be taxing. Like HFT said, take your time. You will have days where the planets all aline and things go great, but also days where "How the &^% did that happen!".
And the cost of the hardware. I get all excited seeing a blank for a great price, but then I look at cork[shocked] then a reel seat and of course guides! That is where it piles up, but you can still come out ahead with a high end rod at half the cost (If you don't include the labor[])
Plus that ONE OF A KIND made specially for you.
A cardboard box with grooves cit in it and a book is really all you need to wrap, plus very sharp scissors or a razor blade and some kind of burnisher (however a spoon or your nail can do this)

You build as nice or as cost effective as you want.

Here are a couple:





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