Jigmaster Nep-Tuna rod

[ReelFishingProblems]

Greetings,

I was recently asked to build out a "modern day" rod using a Nep-Tuna cradle that fits a jigmaster 500.

The blank is a Phenix Black Diamond Hybrid

It has Fuji KW SiC guides. The stripper guide is a size 25 to keep the line from cutting all the way through a persons fingers. (Just kidding) the jiggy sits very low against the blank and with a full spool there is plenty of clearance for fingers wrapped around the fore-grip. If the spool was empty and under heavy load it has only a tiny bit of clearance for fingers, but it clears.

The under-wraps are Goldenrod/Black/Orange
The decorative wrap is Tiger Stripe using a base layer of the same goldenrod/black/orange with orange as the top layer. I bookended the tiger stripe in olive branches.

This was a fun build

(Side note, I didn't want to fully spool up the 500S I used for fitting so you'll see in the picture I wrapped the spool in cloth before tying on the line)

Nick

[Swami805]

That came out nice, I'm sure they'll be happy with it

[Donnyboat]

Really nice thanks for showing us, cheers Don.

[thorhammer]

More pics dude! Those are sweet but don't do it full justice!


Nick sent me pics during the build, and going tone-on-tone tiger will about you a seizure trying to see the threads.

[ReelFishingProblems]

This is the under wrap... it gave me serious headaches and required a headlamp

[oldmanjoe]

 Very well done !!!    That tiger and trim band with olive branch requires a lot of patience to lay down .
   That cradle looks familiar , bought off the bay awhile ago ?

[Gfish]

Beautiful! Didn't know a Jiggy size Neptuna cradle existed.

[ReelFishingProblems]

This was a build for my friend Chris in the Tampa area. He got the cradle a little over a year ago if I remember right.

There is even a Squidder sized Nep-Tuna cradle. It has the same strange anodizing pattern as this one.