Railroader
02-07-2006, 06:08 PM
This, folks is why I never throw anything away....
I had a damaged C3 laying around gathering dust....I had a Berkley boat rod with the first couple of guides broke off from an unfortunate tailgate incident....I had a Pinnacle 10' Spinning rod that I bought the wife to surf fish with, and she decided that she would stick to the piers, and didn't like "that big rod" anyway....
I hatched a plan to order a CT type cage, resurrect the C3, and swap some guides around on the two rods and make a serviceable, long throwin' whiting catcher.
Along the way, I learned that I have no real interest in rod building, not even if I had the proper equipment. I will GLADLY pay for a custom rod someday, if I decide I want one....
I replaced the three bottom guides from the Pinnacle with the bottom three from the Berkley. I used some of the wife's heavy nylon thread, some epoxy from the kitchen junk drawer, and a whole bunch of four letter words....
I cut most of the EVA foam from the handle, but left enough to grip at the bottom, wrapping the blank with electrical tape.
Here is the result...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v155/Rob69/IMG_0135Small.jpg
Not real pretty, but I'm proud of it!
Total cost: 49 bucks for the cage..... And it throws as well as any I've got.
I had a damaged C3 laying around gathering dust....I had a Berkley boat rod with the first couple of guides broke off from an unfortunate tailgate incident....I had a Pinnacle 10' Spinning rod that I bought the wife to surf fish with, and she decided that she would stick to the piers, and didn't like "that big rod" anyway....
I hatched a plan to order a CT type cage, resurrect the C3, and swap some guides around on the two rods and make a serviceable, long throwin' whiting catcher.
Along the way, I learned that I have no real interest in rod building, not even if I had the proper equipment. I will GLADLY pay for a custom rod someday, if I decide I want one....
I replaced the three bottom guides from the Pinnacle with the bottom three from the Berkley. I used some of the wife's heavy nylon thread, some epoxy from the kitchen junk drawer, and a whole bunch of four letter words....
I cut most of the EVA foam from the handle, but left enough to grip at the bottom, wrapping the blank with electrical tape.
Here is the result...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v155/Rob69/IMG_0135Small.jpg
Not real pretty, but I'm proud of it!
Total cost: 49 bucks for the cage..... And it throws as well as any I've got.