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If you have a short handled rod...and want a longer rod.
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<blockquote data-quote="bassoreno" data-source="post: 440157" data-attributes="member: 22647"><p>Not to throw cold water on the idea of innovating fishing tackle but it doesn't seem to me you are going to end up with a great casting rod...I have a pile of old casting rods and pretty much universally they have offset handles...Sure you can make the handle long enough to use a two-handed grip but you aren't doing anything to the casting ability of that short blank...There is no substitute for today's 7 to 7 1/2 foot rods with the blank going down into the handle...I do a lot of trolling on my little lake with an electric and having my index finger on the exposed blank on the underside of the handle allows me to feel the slightest tick or weed my lure hits...This year I invested in a Loomis 7 1/2 foot bait caster...The blank is some kind of blend of graphite and fiberglass and it casts so effortlessly even compared to my 7 foot St. Croix graphite bait casters...Sure it cost as much as a house payment but if you'd rather have a roof over your head than a fine rod then I can't help you out... :mrgreen:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bassoreno, post: 440157, member: 22647"] Not to throw cold water on the idea of innovating fishing tackle but it doesn't seem to me you are going to end up with a great casting rod...I have a pile of old casting rods and pretty much universally they have offset handles...Sure you can make the handle long enough to use a two-handed grip but you aren't doing anything to the casting ability of that short blank...There is no substitute for today's 7 to 7 1/2 foot rods with the blank going down into the handle...I do a lot of trolling on my little lake with an electric and having my index finger on the exposed blank on the underside of the handle allows me to feel the slightest tick or weed my lure hits...This year I invested in a Loomis 7 1/2 foot bait caster...The blank is some kind of blend of graphite and fiberglass and it casts so effortlessly even compared to my 7 foot St. Croix graphite bait casters...Sure it cost as much as a house payment but if you'd rather have a roof over your head than a fine rod then I can't help you out... :mrgreen: [/QUOTE]
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