Morning folks, I make Muskie rods and my handles are about 5/8” - 3/4” on the ID of cork handles. I crafted a drill reamer with cutoff golf shafts, double sided tape and 80 grit sandpaper ribbon. It works OK but quarter of the time something catches and the handle tears out. I roll with the punch and reorder and cross fingers. Anybody with suggestions? I see a lot of cool reaming system tools that top out at 1/2”. Thanks ..read more

I’m looking at buying jigs, but all of the prices I have found for them are atrociously high, for machined pieces of metal. What do you all use/reccomend, or not reccomend ..read more

My son is a heavy equipment mechanic and asked for a Caterpillar theme rod . . . CRB IS661M colored blank ..read more

Ive got a couple of old Allstar rods that arent worth 2.00 at a garage sale to anybody on earth except for me. They belonged to my brother ( passed away) and I'd like to restore them and give them to his kids. Im thinking new guides, cork handle restoration and general clean up. The bones are good on these two blanks. Anybody here do this type of thing , or point me in the right direction ? Thanks ..read more

I’m finally going to break down and buy one. Fired I’d see if anyone has one for sale before I pull the trigger on a new one. I only build 20-30 rods per year but the older I get, the smaller my patience gets for using my homemade hand wrapper ..read more

posted a message to another thread on this forum but thought I'd post here as well. went to the show Sunday and spent a good amount of time at the Boston/Alps booth as well as the mudhole booth. it was a wealth of information all around. saw some yet to be releases alps handles/seats and speak with some experts - it is my understanding that this group distributes all manner of stuff to Get Bit and Vodooo there were some custom rods displayed there that were pieces of ART!!! beyond my... Houston Fishing Show ..read more

Can anyone recommend a good fishing rod for casual fishing, we have a large pond and brook in our back yard great for fishing. We aren’t expert fishers and it’s for casual / fun use ..read more

I dont know anything about fishing. ALl i want is the rod to be durable and cheap. Maybe someone has some certain brands or eeven exact models in mind. I dont know anything about fishing i looked up "types of rods" and there were like 20 different types and i dont know anything about it. its complicated asf ..read more

I have my share of customs, but looking for suggestions or recomendations for a breakdown 2 or 3 pc baitcast rod goinng in a travel case. Doesnt have to be super high end considering the amount it will be used, but a good well made blank to build off of mostly soft plastics ..read more

I have a old Penn Long Beach rod that the gel is coming off is a couple places. Is it best to just replace the rod cause its over 25 y/o, or what's the best way to fix it myself or is there somebody close to the La Porte area that can re-coat it for me with out breaking the bank. Been in the attic at my moms for over 20 years and my 2 boys are getting in to bank fishing for gar and cats ..read more