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Rod Building So, you've landed a nice fish on a plug you made, eh? Now, the next step, building your own RODS!

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Old 10-26-2006, 10:09 AM   #1
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I was talking to a buddy about doing that on my rod with very small diameter rope.. good idea about the parachute cord!

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Old 10-26-2006, 10:14 AM   #2
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I just read an older post of mine asking about this, and the picture (no longer there) showed cork tape AND nylon cord wrapped in tandem. I forgot about that, it looked really cool, esp. with a contrasting color. That electric blue cord that first used would look awesome wrapped like that.
I was also thinking about running a spiral cord around the butt, underneath the cord wrap. Would give a cool samurai sword look, not to sure how comfortable it would be on the hands though

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Old 10-26-2006, 10:19 AM   #3
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plus the old school look is always cool

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Old 10-26-2006, 11:30 AM   #4
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If you strip the core, the cord should lay almost flat on the rod.

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Old 10-26-2006, 12:02 PM   #5
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I have an old 10 1/2 foot bamboo surf stick whose handles are wrapped with tarred cod line. Pissa looking setup.

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