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I am looking for a 6 foot medium heavy spinning rod
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<blockquote data-quote="onthewater102" data-source="post: 440446" data-attributes="member: 13702"><p>I got into building my own rods for just these types of requests - where I wanted something specific but everything off the shelf involved some sort of compromise. </p><p></p><p>The biggest thing I've learned is when you're building them yourself is where the money spent on the component parts goes - looking back on some of my store-bought rigs there are so many decorative components to the grips that eat up so much of the material cost that the manufacturer must have cut corners on the blank to keep it in the price range I bought it for.</p><p></p><p>My rods now all have EVA foam grips, exposed blank reel seats and minimal weight in the guides to keep the cost and the weight to a minimum so the final rods I build are 25-40% lighter than the store bought ones I've been replacing with them. Weight reduction and increased sensitivity go hand in hand.</p><p></p><p>I would not recommend an ugly stick or any fiberglass rod for what you're looking to do - you need a rod with a fast tip and even the newer styles are still too limber.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="onthewater102, post: 440446, member: 13702"] I got into building my own rods for just these types of requests - where I wanted something specific but everything off the shelf involved some sort of compromise. The biggest thing I've learned is when you're building them yourself is where the money spent on the component parts goes - looking back on some of my store-bought rigs there are so many decorative components to the grips that eat up so much of the material cost that the manufacturer must have cut corners on the blank to keep it in the price range I bought it for. My rods now all have EVA foam grips, exposed blank reel seats and minimal weight in the guides to keep the cost and the weight to a minimum so the final rods I build are 25-40% lighter than the store bought ones I've been replacing with them. Weight reduction and increased sensitivity go hand in hand. I would not recommend an ugly stick or any fiberglass rod for what you're looking to do - you need a rod with a fast tip and even the newer styles are still too limber. [/QUOTE]
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