#883254 - 02/01/14 01:27 PM
Re: $500+ Rods, are they worth the money??????
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Dick Nipples
Registered: 03/08/99
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The blank is the most important part, of course...but there is a lot more in a fishing rod than just the blank and while the nicer/nicest components might not cost enough to justify a threefold price increase, they do make a rod much nicer to fish with.
I get my centerpin blanks from a guy in Oregon who makes them himself...for about $40 a pop. I'd probably buy a factory centerpin rod if someone would actually listen and stop making Great Lakes noodle rods for PNW steelhead fishermen, but instead I have to buy spey blanks and spin them up in centerpin configurations. Even with all the components they don't cost all that much for me to have them done.
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#883298 - 02/01/14 04:45 PM
Re: $500+ Rods, are they worth the money??????
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River Nutrients
Registered: 03/08/99
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It is all about marketing and who will fall for the "sales pitch" for an expensive rod.
If you guys knew just how much carbon fiber goes into a high end rod vs a low end rod AND knew what these companies pay for that high modulus Carbon Fiber prepreg, you would not buy them.
The mark up is ridiculous. True dat.
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#883304 - 02/01/14 05:09 PM
Re: $500+ Rods, are they worth the money??????
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Dick Nipples
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Centerpins and spoons?
Or are you branching out? Nah, they're not for sale...but I've been fishing with them since college. Fish on... Todd
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#883753 - 02/03/14 04:24 PM
Re: $500+ Rods, are they worth the money??????
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The blank is the most important part, of course...but there is a lot more in a fishing rod than just the blank and while the nicer/nicest components might not cost enough to justify a threefold price increase, they do make a rod much nicer to fish with.
I get my centerpin blanks from a guy in Oregon who makes them himself...for about $40 a pop. I'd probably buy a factory centerpin rod if someone would actually listen and stop making Great Lakes noodle rods for PNW steelhead fishermen, but instead I have to buy spey blanks and spin them up in centerpin configurations. Even with all the components they don't cost all that much for me to have them done.
Fish on...
Todd Todd. I was just at NFC/Edge Rods a few days ago and we were talking centerpin blanks. They handed me a 13' rod that felt beefy. He said it was a 13'0" 8-17 lb blank. I told them they might have just made the perfect float rod for Washington pin anglers. It was a prototype I believe but I can find out more info if you are interested? It is built on (IM) material, similar to the old IMX but lighter and stronger.
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#883755 - 02/03/14 04:35 PM
Re: $500+ Rods, are they worth the money??????
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Dick Nipples
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If it's actually an 8-17 then they are in the game. Would definitely like to hear more about it...because I am lazy and would rather have a factory rod that I like than build rods  Fish on... Todd
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