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If I really want that blank, I'll buy the blank, and then make a rod that's twice as good for a little over half as much.

I guess that's just a plug to build your own. You can do it cheap, you can do it high quality, you can do it both ways, and it's always satisfying to fail and succeed using your own stuff,



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I've done it all cost-wise and have settled on mid-level blanks if for no other reason than they are often more durable in hard use conditions. I like lightweight material but find the upper-end stuff is too brittle for the style of fishing I do. The exception to this would be the 2 Sage Gear rods (now dis-continued) I built for my winter and summer fishing. Extremely well crafted blanks!!! The blanks weren't cheap but as in the quote above I used high end components and built exactly what I wanted for about $150 less than I would have paid off the shelf.

I have not, and will not, buy a $500 factory built rod. it's a scam some are willing to buy into but I ain't one of em'.


Edited by Eric (01/23/14 10:30 PM)