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 Post subject: New 6'8" Pac rod
PostPosted: Mon Feb 16, 2015 11:53 am • # 1 
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As many of you know, my main interest in rods tends to be the bamboo rods I make. However, I have had a soft spot for fiberglass rods based on inheriting several of my grandpa’s rods over 15 years ago. I actually do a fair number of fiberglass rods.

That leads me to do “projects” for fun. Over a cold spell, I took one of these little eight piece 6’6” rods and spent some time with it.

The project work included stripping off all of the hardware, the paint on the blank, trimming all sections to be equal in length and then tweaking the ferrules to fit better. I used hardware that I had laying around, such as a short grip from another project in the distant past (that may get a bit more tweaking), some light wire snakes, etc. As you can see, the rod lost about 22% of its body mass. While I am not sure I would ever consider this a high performance taper, it is now more responsive and is crisper in its action since it has less mass to overcome in its upper sections. The change from seven extra heavy to eight light wire guides also helps. If I do this again, (I actually have another one laying around) I might even go to nine guides. This rod will live in a sling back on hikes with my daughter in NM and CO brook trout and cutthroat country. I like it as a 2wt.

Here is the original rod in all its glory.
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Here it is at its original weigh in.
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Here it is after a facelift.
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Moreover, its final weigh in.
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 Post subject: Re: New 6'8" Pac rod
PostPosted: Mon Feb 16, 2015 4:29 pm • # 2 
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Very nice job. :applause


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 Post subject: Re: New 6'8" Pac rod
PostPosted: Mon Feb 16, 2015 6:54 pm • # 3 
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Robert,
Very nice conversion. What reel were you thinking of pairing with that rod? I've got some WF 2.5 laying around if you want to test it against standard WF (a less than obvious attempt to invite myself over to test cast it ) ;)

Btw Kay wanted to go fishing Saturday so we went below PK and fishing was decent. I took the 4/5 cane and really enjoyed on the smaller fish- in fact I think you best described it as a good western rod- prefect for when the wind kicks up down on the Brazos...


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 Post subject: Re: New 6'8" Pac rod
PostPosted: Mon Feb 16, 2015 8:11 pm • # 4 
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Very nicely done Robert! I like how it turned out.


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 Post subject: Re: New 6'8" Pac rod
PostPosted: Mon Feb 16, 2015 9:01 pm • # 5 
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Les,

Not sure on the reel. Everything I have is actually too heavy for it.

Joe, thanks.

Chris, I forgot how much extra time is involved in striping down...


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 Post subject: Re: New 6'8" Pac rod
PostPosted: Wed Feb 18, 2015 8:27 pm • # 6 
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Sweet - who made that blank?


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 Post subject: Re: New 6'8" Pac rod
PostPosted: Wed Feb 25, 2015 3:40 am • # 7 
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nice tweak there....i like it!!


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 Post subject: Re: New 6'8" Pac rod
PostPosted: Thu Feb 26, 2015 4:17 pm • # 8 
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The rod was from Tom at the old Reel On/Black Bear Fishing. His wife got sick and is not longer online. There is someone on ebay selling this rod for $199 USD. I am pretty sure the blanks are coning form a roll-up facility in China.


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 Post subject: Re: New 6'8" Pac rod
PostPosted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 6:24 pm • # 9 
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Late to the dance. Love what you did to the rod Robert!


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