I have a buddy who is a dedicated BASS fisherman complete with the Stratos with the 225 and all the trimmings.. Well, I've never held that against him and have even fished off that boat a few times. Well, he's moving away and always expressed an interest in me building him a casting rod, so thought I'd build him one to remember all the great times we've had being neighbors and fishing buddies. I've never built anything but fly rods. Looked at Forecast blanks, and have built fly rods on them and love them. Anybody have any experience with these in the bait casting version? Also will consider other blanks,also looked at Dorber blanks, and would love any advice you folks can throw my way on this project

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These are the idle thoughts that posses a man's mind when he's not able to fish.