Poor Ugly Stick rebuild

[Ron Jones]

Love the cord wrap! and the reel, one of my favorite non-Penns.
Ron

[saltydog]

It is a good little jigging reel and can catch big fish if it is fished within it's limits. I like cord wrapped rods better, and it takes me back when that is how all of our rods were built on the beach and the boat.

[Ron Jones]

My biggest Ling Cod was caught on that reel and an 8ft All Star. I would like a stouter rod for jigging, an old chopped Ugly Stick might just be the ticket. I have a few Tiger Rods, but they bounce a lot when you a jigging.
Ron

[saltydog]

This was an old pistol gripped 20-30# 5'6" model Uglystick which I put together with an aluminum tube a reel seat and the broken grip off of a scrap rod, now it's a 6'2" heavy flipping stick in 20-30# cord wrapped handle grip that with the 20SHV 50# braid and a 30-40# topshot should be pretty good matchup on a Blackfin or small Yellowfin. Tested it with the scale and it held up really well with 12# of drag so we will se what it does .

[Alto Mare]

Great job William, I only use Ugly Stik rods for inshore and love them. Mine don't look as pretty as yours though.

[fishhawk]

Its contagious aint it? No wonder I'm having a hard time winning 11-13' rods on flebay! Good job, nothing wrong with those guides, its what I use

[saltydog]

Yup the biggest thing wrong with rod building today is you can't find decent blanks for under a hundred bucks, so I just look for rods at garage sales and rebuild.

[Bunnlevel Sharker]

I have a sweet blank I got for 45 bucks with shipping, waiting to get wrapped

[fishtaco]

I  still use my ugly stick  tiger
every now and then. it is a 20/50 7ft
man, it is smooth  and slick as a weasel

[saltydog]

Nice job love that rod.