..... when i saw this! ;D
Quote from: BryanYoung on December 28, 2010, 05:41:34 AM
Funny that I happen to gravitate to this sight, and now a moderator. I used to wrap custom fishing rods professionally for about 20 years. If you have any general fishing rod questions, you may PM me directly.
um, surprise!!!!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Alan, you are a great teacher and friend. You make it a non-decision to be and stay here. Learning can be fun, and it is fun here with all of the guys that have joined you here.
Uh oh! Stand by for a rod-tsunami, Bryan! :o
Maybe Alan will come over and help you get your garage set up for your second hobby/avocation/addiction? ;D ;D ;D Let's see, reel repair department here, and rod building and repair over there, and fishing stuff on that wall. Oops, cars outside! :D :D
Rob
Yeah, I can see it now. My first job will be to repair all of his broken rods. LOL. He has always wanted to open a fishing store. Maybe it will be a custom rod and reel shop.
Cars already outside. I got to get rid of some stuff as I used to polish waste veggie oil to use as fuel for my totalled diesel truck.
I have been building rods & working on my own reels since I was 14,I am now 48,where did the time go???.seen a lot of changes in that time.I thought I did a good job on reels until I got hooked on this forum.Great to learn from everyone & all the input.I am much better at rodbuilding than reel repair,maybe this forum will change that.
Cool, now I got someone else to help answer questions. Contact Fishead... :D
I have been wrapping rods since 13. Got started repairing my own rods. Yeah, I got a lot of rods that no one wanted as gifts. Used to wrap for a few stores in Hawaii. Mostly Ulua rods and whipping rods for papio with a few ultra lights in the mix. A couple of trolling rods as gifts. To date, I don't even have one of my rods. All were sold and some misteriously broken by my friends.
have any of you guys felt at times a broken rod need not be fixed but can be converted into nice gaff with a cool grip, i personally do this or at times scavange the guides from the rod to keep as spares, strange huh haha well i also have one long three pc rod that i converted into a portable outrigger and its got me many dorado on the deck of some traditional swahili boats i have fished from, a rod is really a multipurpose tool :)
Quote from: trishul on July 29, 2011, 12:30:56 PM
have any of you guys felt at times a broken rod need not be fixed but can be converted into nice gaff with a cool grip, i personally do this or at times scavange the guides from the rod to keep as spares, strange huh haha well i also have one long three pc rod that i converted into a portable outrigger and its got me many dorado on the deck of some traditional swahili boats i have fished from, a rod is really a multipurpose tool :)
There's only so many gaffs you can use ;) and don't forget, don't try making one from a multi-piece rod :-\
Quick release two piece gaff?