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billystix custom rods · Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 2:30 pm Post subject: 9FT-9WT FLY ROD BUILT "SPINROD"

YES YOU READ IT RIGHT, I AM BUILDING A 9FT -9WT FLY ROD WITH SPIN GRIPS AND GUIDES FOR A GENT IN LUSIANNNNAAA THAT WANTS TO TACKLE TROUT AND REDS AND LET ME JUST SAY THIS HE IS GOING TO HAVE A BLAST THERE IS NO WAY A NICE FISH WILL EVER BE ABLE TO WEAR THIS ROD OUT ,THIS ROD WILL WHIP HIS HINNY BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE ALL DANG DAY TO DO IT Laughing

I JUST THOUGHT THERE MIGHT BE ANOTHER FUNLOVING SPORTSMAN OUT THERE THAT WANTS TO TACKLE A NICE 6 LBR ON A 9FT FLY ROD BUILT IN A SPIN SET UP, MAN THIS IS GOING TO BE A BLAST.
STIX
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kweber · Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 2:34 pm Post subject:

sounds like big fun. what test line?
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billystix custom rods · Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 3:00 pm Post subject:

HE DID NOT SAY, OR AT LEAST I DONT REMEMBER BUT I TRULY BELIEVE HE WILL BE USING 10--TO 12# AS I HAVE BUILT HIM A COUPLE OTHER RODS AND THAT IS HIS CHOICE OF LINE WEIGHTS.
IT'S KINDA STRANGE I PUT A 300 SPIN REEL ON IT JUST TO SEE HOW IT FEELS AND IT HAS A NICE BALANCE AND IT SEEMS TO BE FAILRLY WELL BALANCED, COULD YOU JUST SEE TOSSING A JIG WITH 10# LINE ON THAT DUDE, WONDER WHAT KINDA DISTANCE YOU WOULD GET, IT'S GOING TO BE A FUN BUILD, I AM GOING TO GO WITH NORMAL SPIN GUIDES ON THE LOWER END BUT THEN I WILL TIGHTEN UP ON THE UPPER TIP SECTION POSSIBLEY MIGHT LOOK AT SOME FLY GUIDES CLOSE TO THE LAST FEW FEET JUST GOING TO PLAY A BIT WITH THIS ONE MIGHT GET A CHANCE TO DO THIS AGAIN.
STIX Laughing

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ArtificialB8 · Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 5:37 pm Post subject:

I built myself a combination fly/spinning rod on a 9-ft 8wt several years ago. Fly reel seat at the base and a modified grip that can accept a spinning reel (Tennessee style). Used spinning guides on the lower end and fly guides out front. I find that on most days, especially on the Texas coast where the wind never seems to lay, I don't like fishing the rod as a spinning setup. There is just too much line in the air to work jigs, etc...

captaintim · Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 8:51 pm Post subject:

a 9' fast action fly rod blank makes a killer spinning rod. I have one with a US Reels Supercast on it. It throws weightless soft plastics a mile with 20# PowerPro. When the reds get really finicky in the middle of summer it is a really sweet deal.
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