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It looks like I'll be building a 11' stealth for a member shortly. Today I will examine the rod blank and do a pulimary layout to see what size K-frames to get. IMHO , one point on these thin butt rod blanks is to wrap the butt for the users comfort i.e. double cork wrap the lower section for a secure grip and watch the rel seat size. Realizing the thin diameter and using a smallish seat diameter is fine as long as you try various reels for fit and also it's circumfrence is large enough to fill ones hand w/o squeezing. A relaxed grip helps on all nighters and when gripping in cold weather . Tight squeezes when cold shut down blood flow and causes your fingers to get colder.
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