4 wt Fiberglass Rod Blanks

[Greg Hunsicker]

Can anyone tell me about the Blank that HideHunter used to build a 6' 4wt fiberglass rod.

Thanks
Greg

[Betty Hiner]

Greg, Where was the original information? (post)

[HideHunter]

Here's the story.. a couple years ago several people on this site were building some glass rods from a one piece 6' glass spinning rod blank. Blanks were dirt cheap - something like $13. I bought what I needed and stuck it away until last winter. I can't remember where we bought the blanks. It sticks in my mind they were a "Trout Series" blank but I can't remember the company.

Getting old wouldn't be so bad - but it's going to be danged inconvenient.

[ol' blue]

If those were the tadpole rods, look here:

tadpole

These are built on Batson spinning e-glass blanks. You have to put your own ferrule into them, but they are pretty nice casting rods and they are cheap to build. I think we got them from Schneider's, and I seem to recall that he will cut them for a reasonable price to make shipping easier.

[Betty Hiner]

LOL!!
That's what I was thinking,too! Had I posted that , it wouldn't have been! Kewl little rods! "The Ear Piercer" is one of that series!!

[Kaboom1]

LOL!!
That's what I was thinking,too! Had I posted that , it wouldn't have been! Kewl little rods! "The Ear Piercer" is one of that series!!

The Ear Piercer is built on this blank...

http://www.jannsnetcraft.com/fibergl...711100007.aspx

It is a Baston SPG 601 blank and casts well with a DT4 line. Be careful with a 5 foot rod. It did not get it's name for nothing!

Brad

[bowfin47]

If those were the tadpole rods, look here:

tadpole

These are built on Batson spinning e-glass blanks. You have to put your own ferrule into them, but they are pretty nice casting rods and they are cheap to build. I think we got them from Schneider's, and I seem to recall that he will cut them for a reasonable price to make shipping easier.

I try to go by Schneider's Custom Rod Shop, http://www.schneidersrods.com/ , each October when I go to the Southern Council Conclave in Mountain home, AR, http://www.southerncouncilfff.org/conclave/conclave.php . The Schneider's run a neat little shop and are very nice folks! They always have some "deals" and as a result, I always have a number of blanks to build... (With 3 kids that fly fish we can always use another rod or two - HA!)

Several years ago, we too obtained some $5 spinning rods blanks from Schneider's that built up some neat little 6 ft. 2 piece butt over tip 3 wt. fly rods. Sorry but I no longer have the # (i.e. Batson spinning e-glass blanks?). These were not the very best rods that ya' ever owned, but they were/are fun little rods that we were able to build for $10-20 each. We even tried to use components that we have laying around or could salvage to see who could build the "cheapest" rod - I believe my cheapest was a little over $8!
These inexpensive little blanks were great for to use for a first attempt at building a rod or for classes, and they came at enough of a low cost that ya' could give 'em away to make a kid's day and hardly be out any cash!

If ya' live within 10-12 hours of Mt. Home, which is how long we have to drive to get there, then you should drive and attend the Southern Council Conclave or Sowbug (also held in Mt. Home), and while you're there, make a side trip to Schneider's Custom Rod Shop - We always do!