Quote Originally Posted by thezugbug View Post
I think some of you read between the lines for sure, and caught my concerns about them being "lesser" rods. I suppose I owe that opinion to those I've met who build them. It would seem that "the craft" takes a back seat to the value in building your own. I've seen some of these creations too, and plenty of them seem really garish if you ask me. "To each his own" I suppose, but I'm left asking myself "just because I can, does it mean I should?"
Nothing second rate about them if you take your time and do it right. Like Steve noted, you can do as good or better than the factory rods if you take your time. And the beauty of building your own is that you can build them simple and elegant, or wildly custom and showy. In the end, it is your rod, and built exactly the way you like. And no factory rod can do that.