Looking for these old rods or blanks
 

St Croix Ben Doerr Surf Systems SS80M 17# one piece 8'

Rainshadow 1088 9'

Bumping this one more time... Really want to find an old school Rainshadow SW1088

Rick H has some 1208 blanks. I have no idea if you cut the butt on one down how much the action would change?

bumping this on a rainy morning

I have a 1208 I bought from Toby L years ago. It is my go to rod. I have 16 other surf rods but I think the 1208 was one of the best blanks ever made.

I have an AllStar 1208 and feel the same way.

[QUOTE=PaulS;1237922]Rick H has some 1208 blanks. I have no idea if you cut the butt on one down how much the action would change?[/QUOTE


I remember someone doing that back in the day with good results.

Backbeach built me one back in prob 2002 based on all the rave of the blank at that time that the top 3 1/2 inches snapped off on the first cast with a small storm shad. Threw a new tip guide on it and tried using it as an all around rod but back then I didn't even carry plugs cause all I fished were eels and the rod was stiff so used to snap eels off on casts all the time. As I am not a gear head and have used the same 1205 blanks since then I chalked it up to the blank sucked. I made a few casts a couple of weeks ago with my buddy's old ass 1208 to get a comparison to the new odm rods I moved onto from lamiglass and I must say it is all about the tip with those blanks cause even though it was his 10' against my 11' it was a light weight dream.
I feel your pain and regret
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