Re: Building my own rod - my first attempt
Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2015 9:22 pm
Thats a good effort. I did mine with the absolute minimum of finese but it lasted me 20 years. Where can you buy decent carbon blanks from ?
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If you want to buy from Australia, I would look at rodworks or motackle. However, mudhole in the US has a big range of quality blanks and generally end up cheaper than what you can get them for locally (even after postage).dezza68 wrote:Thats a good effort. I did mine with the absolute minimum of finese but it lasted me 20 years. Where can you buy decent carbon blanks from ?
I want to get my hands on the blank as Im pretty specific in what I want, plus I didnt recognise any of the brands on that US site. I want something thats 13 to 14ft that can cope with lobbing out 300gms and full casting 2000gms. The finished rods I have looked at here are all way too soft as Im trying to catch sharks off the rocks in deep water.ncr1 wrote:If you want to buy from Australia, I would look at rodworks or motackle. However, mudhole in the US has a big range of quality blanks and generally end up cheaper than what you can get them for locally (even after postage).dezza68 wrote:Thats a good effort. I did mine with the absolute minimum of finese but it lasted me 20 years. Where can you buy decent carbon blanks from ?
I assume that's a typo and you meant full casting at 200gms, not 2kg??dezza68 wrote:I want to get my hands on the blank as Im pretty specific in what I want, plus I didnt recognise any of the brands on that US site. I want something thats 13 to 14ft that can cope with lobbing out 300gms and full casting 2000gms. The finished rods I have looked at here are all way too soft as Im trying to catch sharks off the rocks in deep water.ncr1 wrote:If you want to buy from Australia, I would look at rodworks or motackle. However, mudhole in the US has a big range of quality blanks and generally end up cheaper than what you can get them for locally (even after postage).dezza68 wrote:Thats a good effort. I did mine with the absolute minimum of finese but it lasted me 20 years. Where can you buy decent carbon blanks from ?
Assuming that's a typo and you don't actually need to be able to cast a brick, the Kingfisher PSD5 would suit your needs with the heavy tip. You have to import them from South Africa though, unless the Surfcasting Federation have a couple for sale. I've got two of them, so if you want to try one out some time let me know. In the right hands (i.e. not mine) it can cast 200m plus.dezza68 wrote:I want to get my hands on the blank as Im pretty specific in what I want, plus I didnt recognise any of the brands on that US site. I want something thats 13 to 14ft that can cope with lobbing out 300gms and full casting 2000gms. The finished rods I have looked at here are all way too soft as Im trying to catch sharks off the rocks in deep water.ncr1 wrote:If you want to buy from Australia, I would look at rodworks or motackle. However, mudhole in the US has a big range of quality blanks and generally end up cheaper than what you can get them for locally (even after postage).dezza68 wrote:Thats a good effort. I did mine with the absolute minimum of finese but it lasted me 20 years. Where can you buy decent carbon blanks from ?
Thanks for that! They look like what Im after. Im not worried about distance casting its more the ability to handle big baits and hopefully a big fish.4liters wrote:Assuming that's a typo and you don't actually need to be able to cast a brick, the Kingfisher PSD5 would suit your needs with the heavy tip. You have to import them from South Africa though, unless the Surfcasting Federation have a couple for sale. I've got two of them, so if you want to try one out some time let me know. In the right hands (i.e. not mine) it can cast 200m plus.dezza68 wrote:I want to get my hands on the blank as Im pretty specific in what I want, plus I didnt recognise any of the brands on that US site. I want something thats 13 to 14ft that can cope with lobbing out 300gms and full casting 2000gms. The finished rods I have looked at here are all way too soft as Im trying to catch sharks off the rocks in deep water.ncr1 wrote:If you want to buy from Australia, I would look at rodworks or motackle. However, mudhole in the US has a big range of quality blanks and generally end up cheaper than what you can get them for locally (even after postage).dezza68 wrote:Thats a good effort. I did mine with the absolute minimum of finese but it lasted me 20 years. Where can you buy decent carbon blanks from ?
http://www.bigcatch.co.za/shop/rods/rod ... 2pc-4-7oz/