r/Fishing • u/Reasonable-Exit541 • 23h ago

Made my first rod. Looking forward to catching my first fish with it!

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u/xMediumRarex 23h ago

Woah, neat man! Whats even the process for something like this?

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u/Reasonable-Exit541 23h ago

Thank you! The wrap is thread wrapped in a pattern around the blank. The handles and grip slide on over the blank and then everything is sealed with epoxy

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u/xMediumRarex 23h ago

Does it end up being cheaper than buying an actual rod?

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u/Reasonable-Exit541 22h ago

That’s hard to say exactly but kind of. For example I already had the epoxy equipment so that wasn’t an added cost for me. The materials were roughly $80 and without the decorative wrap it was probably about 2h worth of work and I’d say the quality feels close to a $150-200 retail rod if that helps

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u/xMediumRarex 21h ago

So after making a few rods you probably have made your money back. Well a hobby too expensive atm for me haha. But this is awesome , thanks for sharing :)

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u/ZettaTawodi 23h ago

Nice! Welcome to the crazy club, you'll never enjoy being away from water again! :)

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u/Reasonable-Exit541 23h ago

Thank you! I already have several others I want to do now ha. Gotta work on my cross wrap skills though they’re not easy!

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u/Training-End-2092 23h ago

Great job OP ! Looks awesome. Post some catches with it !

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u/Reasonable-Exit541 23h ago

Thank you! Hopefully I can get some soon to post

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u/rubberchain 9h ago

Nice ideas. The next one will be even better. The only possible functional issue is having the hook latch that far forward on a spinning rod. Depending on the line used, it can come off the spool during the cast making loops that slap the blank and get caught on the latch. I made the same mistake on one of my first rods a long time ago.