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Topic: Homebuild Rods  (Read 25933 times)

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Excellent work!  Love how you know they're gonna get bloody and faded and well bendoed until you retire them.  Kinda like putting your own first scratch or ding on your new vehicle... :smt006
« Last Edit: December 03, 2020, 09:15:48 AM by Eddie »
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So when are you going to start teaching classes?
Those are badass!
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Thems nice!  real nice...

You definitely got some skill.
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Very nice.  I use to custom wrap rods too.  Nowadays, I just get a store bought one, too lazy to do custom rod.


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Really nice work! I just bought an alps power wrapper over black friday, hope to get as good as you guys. Didn’t know we had so many custom rod builders out here.
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Thank you for the kind words gentleman. 


Tote....I’m still a rookie in this game....but if anyone wants pointers feel free to pm me  :smt001


Angle.....north fork composite blanks are still on sale......order one!!!!!!
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Really nice work! I just bought an alps power wrapper over black friday, hope to get as good as you guys. Didn’t know we had so many custom rod builders out here.


Alps makes a great wrapper.  I had to order the extension also to work in 9-10’ rods, something to consider. Pro tip......start keeping every decal you come across and put them inside the tray, when you drip epoxy you can just pull the stickers and still  have a new surface lol. 
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the hardest spot is finding a place to start wrapping rods, i just picked up two united composite gusa rods, they look so sexy. All i’ve been working on so far are trout rods and they are a pain in the ass, can’t wait to wrap something bigger that I could possibly use around here and for down south. Time to start selling all my factory rods!!
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Guides all done....calling this one a wrap!
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that’s a work of art! looks like a UC GP rod? i’m on my third build and it’s harder than it looks...
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Just wondering how much time invested in wrapping a rod? How much does it cost to build a quality rod.
 Thanks


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that’s a work of art! looks like a UC GP rod? i’m on my third build and it’s harder than it looks...

It’s a Composite Elite 900 Mag


« Last Edit: January 04, 2021, 06:23:28 PM by ex-kayaker »
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