Something else that I've found that works well, is using hot melt glue. Find
the right amount of lead that you need by filling it, and putting duct tape
on the end while in testing mode, once the right amount is found, put some
hot glue in, drop in your lead and fill up the rest of the end with glue.
If you ever need to add some more weight, simply heat up and push more in.
Taking some out is a different story though. If your rod has an end plug,
shove it back in while the glue is hot and no one will ever know you were
there.
You can find the glue guns in any crafts store, Wally World and or any place
like that.

Doug


"Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers" wrote in message
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Now that you know how much weight you need, mix up some 30 minute epoxy.
Work a cotton ball through the glue until it's well saturated with the
epoxy. Insert the cotton ball into the blank about as far as you think
you'll need to in order to fill the remaining space with the bb's or shot.
I used an unsharpened pencil but any blunt object smaller in diameter than
the blank will work.

Once the epoxy impregnated cotton ball is inserted into the blank, dump in
some of the bb's/shot and pour a little more epoxy. Dump another small
batch of bb's/shot and cover that with epoxy and continue to do this until
you've used up the bb's or shot. If you guessed right on the amount of
space left will be just short of the end of the blank. If you did a good
job drilling out the cork butt, you can simply smear some of the remaining
epoxy on a tapered cork plug, and insert it into drilled handle snugly. A
rag soaked in rubbing alcohol will clean up any smeared and excess epoxy
as long as it's not set up.

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That's a whole lot of screwing around to make a rod feel good. It's
better to just buy the right rod in the first place in my estimation.
--
Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers
http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com
G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods
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