Patriotic rod set in progress.

[mwardncsu]

Working on a set of 6 rods live bait Striper trolling rods destined for PA - he chose the red, white & blue camo grips and red for the reel seat - I added a bit of additional flair to the grips - will be hitting the wrapping bench for the guides and decorative trim before the end of the weekend

[31Airborne]

these looks fabulous! how's that shoulder doing? you should be deep into the physical terrorism routine by now.

[mwardncsu]

Oct 19, 2020 7:34:31 GMT -5 31Airborne said:

these looks fabulous! how's that shoulder doing? you should be deep into the physical terrorism routine by now.

Thanks - it’s doing well. Just walked out of my 2nd to last PT appt a few minutes ago. Time to get the castnet out!

[31Airborne]

yay!

[coheasion]

Oct 19, 2020 8:38:51 GMT -5 mwardncsu said:

Oct 19, 2020 7:34:31 GMT -5 31Airborne said:

these looks fabulous! how's that shoulder doing? you should be deep into the physical terrorism routine by now.

Thanks - it’s doing well. Just walked out of my 2nd to last PT appt a few minutes ago. Time to get the castnet out!

mward - are you planning to borrow Insanitee from Yam to continue that PT and build that strength up?

[mwardncsu]

Oct 19, 2020 10:31:45 GMT -5 coheasion said:

mward - are you planning to borrow Insanitee from Yam to continue that PT and build that strength up?

Uhhh - nope 😂

[mwardncsu]

Getting there with this set... first one of six is basically done other than an final coat of finish on the decorative wrap.

Spiral / Acid wrapped 8’ fiberglass, 15-25 LB test, Moderate-Fast action, Medium power (saltwater rating, so more like MH or maybe almost H for freshwater rods).

Custom EVA grips, “tiger” decorative wrap, aluminum reel seat with double locking nuts, rubber gimbal butt, double footed Fuji guides all with under wraps.

[31Airborne]

looks great, Mike!

[mwardncsu]

Finished up the set of 6 Live Bait trolling rods are headed to Jesse in PA this weekend to chase inland striped bass.

These rods feature 8' E-glass blanks, 15-25 lb line rating, Moderate-Fast action and Medium power (salt-water blank rating) from Mud Hole Custom Tackle with American Tackle Company aluminum reel-seats, spiral wrapped Fuji Components guides, a rubber gimble butt, and custom EVA foam grips.

They also feature "tiger" decorative wraps with a red, metallic silver & blue under-layer, with a red over-layer and black under-wraps with red, metallic silver & blue decorative trim under each guide, with red over-wraps.

Hope they provide years of tight lines chasing stripers in PA and elsewhere!

[Chasinshad]

Those are beautiful! Nice job man! I’d almost feel bad getting them covered in slime.

[jmr04]

Mike, rods look great. Quick question. The line guides seem to wrap 180 degrees around the rod so they end up being like a spinning rod at the far end. I’ve never seen that before. What is the advantage of that? Or am I completely off on what I’m seeing.

[mwardncsu]

Nov 6, 2020 19:14:18 GMT -5 jmr04 said:

Mike, rods look great. Quick question. The line guides seem to wrap 180 degrees around the rod so they end up being like a spinning rod at the far end. I’ve never seen that before. What is the advantage of that? Or am I completely off on what I’m seeing.

You’re drunk.... or maybe I was 😂

Seriously, it’s called a “spiral” or “acid” wrap. The benefit is it counters the rod torque that comes from the lines pulling on the guides causing the rod to try and twist in your hand. By quickly getting the line to the underside of the rod this torque is removed. It also has no material impact to casting distance on rods used for casting.

Here is a quick video demo of what happens (not me )