I just built a couple of rods and they turned out fine. It's not that
hard. Good advice above, start with cheaper blank and components and
use the rod as a back-up or give it away. When you master the
techniques you can buy a more expensive blank and components. I'm
looking at building a Sage or Scott next. I plan to test cast a
factory rod to find the rod best suited for me and then buy a blank and
components.

Cabelas has some good deals on rod kits. Look at them. I bought most
of my stuff from J. Stockard. Mudhole is good too. The following are
two sites that are very helpful for rod building. I can’t post the
link, but here are the sites. "rodbuilding.org/list.php?2"
"rodbuildingforum.com/"

Many pro rod builders post on the forum. They can answer any questions
you have. Good luck – I promise after you build you first rod you will
become addicted!


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