Newbie?

[flyingd]

I am wondering what the pros and cons are of building your own rod. I was looking at a lamiglas kokenee rod and thought maybe I could make it for less. :twocents:

Can you make a good rod for less that you can buy it for??

Tell me what you think.

Thanks.

[Grady252]

I am wondering what the pros and cons are of building your own rod. I was looking at a lamiglas kokenee rod and thought maybe I could make it for less. :twocents:

Can you make a good rod for less that you can buy it for??

Tell me what you think.

Thanks.

Wrong......

You will not likely save any money building your own rod, especially of you figure all the cost of tools and accessories to buy. The components often time cost as much as a factory rod unless you get wholesale pricing. Factories get huge discounts from Fuji for using their guides..... a $70.00 guide set proabaly costs the factory $20.00.

It is about having it custom...... and building exactly what you want, and if you take this hobby up you will likely not just build one..... If you want a lamiglass rod and do not want this hobby, just go buy one.

it is a great hobby though.... you may want to start on a chep rod before you jump into a Lami...... could cost you a learning lesson....

Good luck!

[fishkisser]

Can you make a good rod for less that you can buy it for??

Thanks.

:laugh::laugh::laugh: Man I only wish that were true ... I usually spend about 30-50% more in building my own rods than one off the shelf ...
But the satisfaction of fishing with your handcrafted rod is priceless ...

[The Mick]

Since when is it about saving money? I thought I did it because it is fun.

[CRD4Liberty]

About the only time I've saved anything substantial is some of the highend fly rods like Thomas&Thomas, etc. There is enough difference between the blank/rod price that if I'm careful I can save some money.

[okie man]

you can save money but the best thing about building vs. buying is you can change anything to make it fit you and your fishing style.

[StickFish]

Ya watch out, I thought I could save a bit for two rods to get into Tuna fishing - that was 20 rods ago. If you want it your way, than yep welcome aboard, but cross the gunnel knowing that you soon will be replacing every factory rod you have with one you built, than you will eye that power wrapper and then one of your buddies will say, that's a nice rod would you build one for me, than it is all over.

I've got four in the works now, and four more waiting for blanks to come in, with three up in the atic for a rainy day.

[abufreak]

you can trick yourself into thinking you're saving money by buying your components over a period of time. a sage CT290 blank one month, a set of 13 fuji SiCTi guides the next, primo corks later...

pretty soon you've got a $500 rod and it didn't hurt that bad, did it? :)

i mainly build my rods so i can have something built exactly to my specs(something that doesn't happen with factory rods much), and it's a whole other experience catching fish on something you crafted yourself.