JR,

I noticed one minor issue. The rod your building looks to be designed for a baitcaster reel with the short upper cork and the trigger reel seat.

Centerpin rods are usually 10.5' or more in length with a longer upper cork, similar to a spey rod. Like this:



The action of the rod needs to be slow as well (like a flyrod) to better facilitate casting with the Centerpin reel.

The rod you're building definitely looks very nice, I'm just not sure that it will match up well with the Islander reel.