New Member here

[Jerseybros]

Hi everyone, new member here that stumbled on this place because I love to tinker with my reels and anything fishing.  Would like to thank Alan for his help with some parts and hope to continue to grow in my experience and knowledge of reels.
Just wanted to share some of my projects, feel free to comment any suggestions of questions for anything going forward.  Here are a couple reels I drilled out and a few of my first custom rods that I have kept for myself.

[Jerseybros]

Penn 704z & 710 greenie

[Jerseybros]

Penn 750ss
Upgraded to new drag washers, added another underneath the spool.  On one of my custom rods.

[Jerseybros]

Couple more custom rods

[RowdyW]

Hi & welcome, It's good to see new blood in the spinner department & rod building departments.             Rudy

[cbar45]

Nice. What blanks do you usually build on? I like the look of those long open wraps. Enjoy the forum!

chad

[Bill B]

JB....welcome to the Darkside....I like the drilling on the spinners.....can I ask what's the benefit of the drilling?  The rods look awesome.  Keep the pictures coming...we like pictures.....Bill

[Jerseybros]

Most of the rods are on American Tackle blanks, jigging series is a blank I like to use for a little bit of everything, graphite, very light, good backbone, and a parabolic bend will whip the fish really fast.  Green spinner is a 30-50 rating, blue spinner is 15-30, both 7', perfect rods for striped bass fishing in the northeast where I'm at.  The green and gold conventionals are 50-100 blanks in the same blank, 5'8" used for trolling and chunking tuna.  The penn 704z rod is a 9ft lamiglas surf blank, will cast a country mile.  The 710 rod is a 7'6" GLoomis won in a tournament, also will cast a mile, can't take the credit for that one though.

Drilling the reels accomplishes a couple things.  1) slight weight reduction 2) when surf fishing, the sand and salt will flush right through the reel when a wave dunks you.  3) It looks cool

[David Hall]

You're gonna feel right at home here.  Welcome.

[Bryan Young]

Amazing Jersey and welcome.

[bluefish69]

where in Jersey are you???

Mike

[sdlehr]

where in Jersey are you???

Mike

He means, "what exit?"   I'm also a Jersey native, so I can say that   Welcome aboard.

Sid

[Jerseymic]

I'm from the original Jersey!

Mike.

[Big Tim]

Welcome...Way cool 

Big Tim from the left coast

[bluefish69]

I'm from the original Jersey!

Mike.

Thanks mic I needed that this mornin'

Mike