Author Topic: Custom Rod (Read 2106 times)

BaitBucket · « **on:** Sep 05, 2014, 03:54 PM »

Just finished building one of my new casting rods for use on my Arctic Warrior/Nor'Easter tip ups.

36in Medium spiral wrapped. Still gotta epoxy the threads, but its pretty much done

jwetovick · « **Reply #1 on:** Sep 05, 2014, 03:55 PM »

sweet! hard part is done

MBrown4 · « **Reply #2 on:** Sep 05, 2014, 05:48 PM »

Sweet! I know I'd pay for spiral wraps! Wish more of the small guys did that.looks good

BaitBucket · « **Reply #3 on:** Sep 05, 2014, 07:21 PM »

Epoxied the guides, all dry now. Hard to tell by the pics, but they look good

scmelik · « **Reply #4 on:** Sep 05, 2014, 07:24 PM »

never thought about doing a spiral wrap on an ice rod before, granted I don't do many if any baitcasters but if I do I may have to seriously consider doing a spiral

Dog-duster · « **Reply #5 on:** Sep 05, 2014, 10:36 PM »

I think I'm going to build a spiral guide casting rod this fall too. Looks nice. I found a pretty darn good deal on cork and a large metallic thread assortment on eBay so now I just need to start buying up goddess and reel seats. I'm thinking about adding some very fine metallic and or iridescent glitter that I bought on eBay to either the epoxy on my guide wraps or possibly just the blanks. Have any of you tried that? I have a Wright & McGill casting rod with some in it and it looks amazing in the sunlight.

mr.clean · « **Reply #6 on:** Sep 06, 2014, 01:45 AM »

BaitBucket pardon my ignorance buy why are the guides not in a straight line like on most mass produced rods?
Steve

BaitBucket · « **Reply #7 on:** Sep 06, 2014, 06:48 AM »

Quote from: mr.clean on Sep 06, 2014, 01:45 AM

BaitBucket pardon my ignorance buy why are the guides not in a straight line like on most mass produced rods?
Steve

The idea of a spiral wrapped rod is that the line from a cast reel starts on top like normal, and then follows the offset guides to spiral to the bottom of the rod. This transfers the pressure of wanting to twist the rod like on a traditional casting rod.

If you have ever been deep sea fishing using a conventional reel and find yourself fighting to keep the rod from rotating. This prevents that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9K_-JaZYc6k

BaitBucket · « **Reply #8 on:** Sep 06, 2014, 10:52 AM »

Second rod is on the drying rack. I added an extra eye to the mix.
Will have pics up when done

filetandrelease · « **Reply #9 on:** Sep 06, 2014, 02:19 PM »

last I knew mud hole was looking for custom rod entries , nice work guys , mine never turn out like that , little rough lol

BaitBucket · « **Reply #10 on:** Sep 06, 2014, 04:28 PM »

Quote from: filetandrelease on Sep 06, 2014, 02:19 PM

last I knew mud hole was looking for custom rod entries , nice work guys , mine never turn out like that , little rough lol

This is my first attempt at rod building. Doesnt seem very tricky at all. I dont even own all the right tools/wrapping rack.

Here is the second rod. I used a 6th eye which made a big difference

filetandrelease · « **Reply #11 on:** Sep 07, 2014, 02:40 AM »

Nice looking out fit bait bucket , I can put them together just can't seem to put the nice looking wraps , to make them fancy , I have a simple home made rod wrapping rack ,

mr.clean · « **Reply #12 on:** Sep 07, 2014, 03:56 AM »

BaitBucket thank you for the explanation and You Tube link. I now know that a spiral wrap is not a way of fastening rod line guides to the rod blank . This is part of what makes Ice shanty such a great website the free sharing of information and knowledge.
Steve

MBrown4 · « **Reply #13 on:** Sep 07, 2014, 04:52 AM »

Only thing I would change would be to more gradually spiral them until the last two were downfacing.

BaitBucket · « **Reply #14 on:** Sep 07, 2014, 06:03 AM »

Quote from: MBrown4 on Sep 07, 2014, 04:52 AM

Only thing I would change would be to more gradually spiral them until the last two were downfacing.

That has been proven to not be as effective as doing it the way i did it. The faster u get the eyes to the bottom the less pull youll feel. If you use a gradual spiral there is still some pull.

mattkenzer · « **Reply #15 on:** Sep 07, 2014, 06:23 AM »

Very nice work. Great explanation.

BaitBucket · « **Reply #16 on:** Sep 07, 2014, 06:26 AM »

Some pics of the rod with line under load. Plenty of line clearance around the blank.

MBrown4 · « **Reply #17 on:** Sep 07, 2014, 11:27 AM »

AH!!!

I never tested it that way.time to go to the basement n play with some of my customs

BaitBucket · « **Reply #18 on:** Sep 13, 2014, 04:08 PM »

With my 3 spiral wrapped rods done, I made one more that I felt would be a nice fit for my Teardrop pistol grip reel

Went with the Fuji split grip and the EVA Foam Butt and Fore Grip

Rod blank is a medium 31". Eyes are Fuji Harloys #12, #10, #8, #8, #7. From back to tip.

hardwater diehard · « **Reply #19 on:** Sep 13, 2014, 04:35 PM »

Wow ...nice job ..you sir are talented ...is the rod building hobby just as addicting as ice fishing?

BaitBucket · « **Reply #20 on:** Sep 13, 2014, 04:48 PM »

Quote from: hardwater diehard on Sep 13, 2014, 04:35 PM

Wow ...nice job ..you sir are talented ...is the rod building hobby just as addicting as ice fishing?

Thank you sir. It sure has the potential to be as addicting lol. Its not to difficult, i just started about a week ago.

That being said, Ill most likely never buy another rod again. I can build a much better quality rod for about 1/3 of the price of the higher brand names.

The ones I made in this thread cost about $20 to make ea.

hardwater diehard · « **Reply #21 on:** Sep 13, 2014, 04:55 PM »

Oh no

....I feel another time consuming hobby making inroads to my psyche... a hobby and I can save some scratch ..sounds logical but ...

ryno · « **Reply #22 on:** Sep 13, 2014, 09:12 PM »

I like it! I actually just made a spiral wrapped rod for open water to slab with. And yes...building rods is as addictive as the sport of fishing its self!

BaitBucket · « **Reply #23 on:** Sep 16, 2014, 06:37 AM »

A couple people have asked what the idea was behind using the split reel seat.

I had 3 reasons for this. First was that it allows me to place my thumb or index finger in direct contact with the rod blank. My thought process here is that this will increase sensitivity allowing me to feel any vibration of the blank. It wont be dampened by the reel seat or grips. Second was weight, as its lighter than the one piece seats. Third was the ability to adjust the overall size of the seat to my reel.

spikes · « **Reply #24 on:** Sep 16, 2014, 09:00 PM »

Great looking setup

stpaulslouch · « **Reply #25 on:** Sep 16, 2014, 09:11 PM »

What does everyone here use to epoxy on their handles? I out one on tonight with JB Weld and not that stuff is strong smelling, but incredibly strong. I started to feel like if I spent any more time in the basement I may have a hard time walking up the steps straight...

BaitBucket · « **Reply #26 on:** Sep 17, 2014, 10:03 AM »

I ordered 4oz of the 30min rod building epoxy from janns. Doesnt have much of a smell.

ryno · « **Reply #27 on:** Sep 17, 2014, 07:05 PM »

I prefer a 30 min give or take epoxy. I tried some paste epoxy and didn't care for it...to stiff to for small blanks and doesn't flow thru the handle arbors. I bought 16oz loctite epoxy at Menard's on sale for 5 bucks and it works great.

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