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<blockquote data-quote="swcr" data-source="post: 203793" data-attributes="member: 5119"><p>Thanks, I like my rods to look nice but they're all designed to be fished and get fished regularly. </p><p></p><p>With a few tools and some patience it's easy to learn to build nice rods. To me it's a great way to relax when not fishing and I enjoy fishing with a rod that I built.</p><p></p><p>If you want to practice some before building your 8 wt you might want to strip and rebuild an old rod. These are a couple of rods I picked up at a yard sale and rebuilt for a couple of my young nephews. </p><p></p><p><img src="https://i675.photobucket.com/albums/vv114/etsoppe/35a.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="https://i675.photobucket.com/albums/vv114/etsoppe/35.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="https://i675.photobucket.com/albums/vv114/etsoppe/32a.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="https://i675.photobucket.com/albums/vv114/etsoppe/32.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>These rebuilds probably cost me about $15 each as I reused the original grips and reel seats and just cleaned them up. So all I had into them other than my time was new guides, some thread, color preserver and finish.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="swcr, post: 203793, member: 5119"] Thanks, I like my rods to look nice but they're all designed to be fished and get fished regularly. With a few tools and some patience it's easy to learn to build nice rods. To me it's a great way to relax when not fishing and I enjoy fishing with a rod that I built. If you want to practice some before building your 8 wt you might want to strip and rebuild an old rod. These are a couple of rods I picked up at a yard sale and rebuilt for a couple of my young nephews. [img]https://i675.photobucket.com/albums/vv114/etsoppe/35a.jpg[/img] [img]https://i675.photobucket.com/albums/vv114/etsoppe/35.jpg[/img] [img]https://i675.photobucket.com/albums/vv114/etsoppe/32a.jpg[/img] [img]https://i675.photobucket.com/albums/vv114/etsoppe/32.jpg[/img] These rebuilds probably cost me about $15 each as I reused the original grips and reel seats and just cleaned them up. So all I had into them other than my time was new guides, some thread, color preserver and finish. [/QUOTE]
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