perch assault mod...

[lundin-loading]

I've been in love with my perch assault since day one, however I've had some problems with the teeny tiny two guides nearest the tiptop since then also. This season I seem to be fishing alot of 5-10° days. I finally snapped, I was looking through my rod collection and saw a rod that had very similar steel guides as the perch assault, only way larger diameter...the wheels started turning. Ive done this sort of thing before, and I've even built several other ice rods before, so I knew "I" could do it. So I sacrificed an old ice rod to the new year for two of its guides and proceeded to "hack" up my perch assault, all went well and it turned out GREAT!!! here's a couple pictures for you fellow perch assaulters to be jealous of
 
 
The action is exactly the same and I couldn't be happier!

[J_Edwards]

Nice work!  I wish I would of picked up one in Great Falls Big R when I had the chance, they seemed like they'd be a hoot.  I actually told myself no for once though, once you get to 13 or 14 rods, it starts getting ridiculous 

[chucknduck]

You can never have enough rods or jigs. I want a perch assault

[J_Edwards]

Agreed    I went back the a couple days later to snag one, but they were all gone 

[lundin-loading]

Nice work!  I wish I would of picked up one in Great Falls Big R when I had the chance, they seemed like they'd be a hoot.  I actually told myself no for once though, once you get to 13 or 14 rods, it starts getting ridiculous 

Haha I have exactly 14 ice combos...worst part, I gave away about 6 rods last year. I have a problem

[perchSlayer95]

i want an ice house version of the perch assault . . . a rod with the same action just a little smaller

[FeverToTell]

 

[Cornbread]

Haha I have exactly 14 ice combos...worst part, I gave away about 6 rods last year. I have a problem

Yep, the problem is you gave away six rods, now you need to buy six more!

[adam_mcd]

I may have a problem too.  I started buying pinks one this year and put them in my wife's and duaghter's stocking.

[IceCreeper]

You mean to tell me they arnt perfect after all?

[Ice Junkie_]

I'm at 22 rods and NEED more I think I might have a touch of "OCD" 

[PerchAssault]

So what do you think of the action of the rod now? We had found it really loads differently when we put the heavier guides on it...Whats it fish like?

Mike
www.aablefishing.com

[lundin-loading]

There is no difference whatsoever, the guides I used had the same length tang and are a similar light wire comparable to the tip top. I couldn't be happier with it! One of the main reasons I did it was because after constantly cleaning ice out of those guides I was slightly tweaking them and I felt like it wouldn't be long before I broke one clean off after wearing at them.

[PerchAssault]

Cool. We will be introducing a 32" for 2014, and will have too see if we can source a guide like you used.

Fish on...

Mike
www.perchassault.com

[JCWINZ]

I enjoy trying to build ice rods for different conditions and fish with an action I like.  Recently I took one of my old spin rods that I don't use and just cut it down from the tip about 28" and epoxied a handle on it, took all but 5 minutes and its has a pretty darn good action.  Part of the trouble I find in building a rod from scratch is finding the right blank and since you have to order them online there is no way to test before buying, luckily most are below $10 so it doesn't break the bank experimenting.

[lundin-loading]

so long as you get the solid blanks you can sand them to the action you prefer, but dont expect to get the action right on your first try!

[redneckrance]

Damn!!!! I never thought of using rods I have broke and turning them into ice rods!!!!!! Crap Do you know how much money I could have saved! And the satisfaction of building my own. Mental note for sure!!!

[Ice Junkie_]

I've been in love with my perch assault since day one, however I've had some problems with the teeny tiny two guides nearest the tiptop since then also. This season I seem to be fishing alot of 5-10° days. I finally snapped, I was looking through my rod collection and saw a rod that had very similar steel guides as the perch assault, only way larger diameter...the wheels started turning. Ive done this sort of thing before, and I've even built several other ice rods before, so I knew "I" could do it. So I sacrificed an old ice rod to the new year for two of its guides and proceeded to "hack" up my perch assault, all went well and it turned out GREAT!!! here's a couple pictures for you fellow perch assaulters to be jealous of
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The action is exactly the same and I couldn't be happier!

The other issue I found besides cleaning the guides is sometimes the line slips through the tiny split that is in the last few guides, I will have to give this mod a go! thanks for the idea!