Thread: First rod build
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07-02-2013, 05:33 PM #1Senior Member
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First rod build
Finished my first rod today now I just need to break free from work to go break it in.
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07-02-2013, 05:51 PM #2I fish, therefore I am
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Looks great man
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07-02-2013, 07:56 PM #3Senior Member
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Nice! Where did you get the components?
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07-02-2013, 08:24 PM #4Senior Member
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Got everything at The Rod Room
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Just curious, how much ya got into it?
Care to list the components?Ragnar Benson:
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07-02-2013, 10:14 PM #6Senior Member
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I would have to find my invoice and pick through it looking somewhere around $100-125. And a lot of time to wrap everything by hand I see a power wrapper in the not so distant future.
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is that a 9 foot cui?
formally backbone
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07-02-2013, 11:49 PM #8Senior Member
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Its the 8' CUI
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What specialty tools were required to build the rod, if any?
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07-03-2013, 01:39 AM #10Senior Member
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Drying motor and hand wrapper or power wrapper, burnishing tool, reamer if your using cork grips and a file you will easily spend around $200 or more on the tools
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