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Rod Building So, you've landed a nice fish on a plug you made, eh? Now, the next step, building your own RODS!

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Old 01-17-2010, 10:15 AM   #1
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Thumbs up The old lady's first attempt

Walking the better half through her first custom rod this winter. Here is the butt wrap. Gold under with pink and purple free hand spirals, older XRA 1204 blank.
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Old 01-17-2010, 10:18 AM   #2
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Old 01-17-2010, 02:43 PM   #3
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Wrap looks awesome but what a chick rod

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Old 01-18-2010, 07:45 AM   #4
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Thanks for the compliments.
Btw...Spence, I AM a chick! haha
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Old 01-19-2010, 12:01 PM   #5
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nice job, jen. dont give my better half any ideas. you better build a caster so we can get together finally this year and fish a jetty.
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Old 01-21-2010, 01:29 PM   #6
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nice job, jen. dont give my better half any ideas. you better build a caster so we can get together finally this year and fish a jetty.
Thanks Dave, means a lot coming from you. And you are right, we need to fish together this year. Was bummed we didn't get to last year.
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Old 01-21-2010, 01:39 PM   #7
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Looks like a nice neat job!

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