Some rods I have been working on

[Bubba_Bruiser]

Here is a set I built for a guy and his wife to match their 40th Anniversary Lund in red/grey/black.
This is a 6'6" MHX 782 M-F casting with a 7" grip, 6,5,4mm micro guide set up.








This is a Batson RX7 843 MH-F spinning rod I built to match the other one. I built this one with the Castaway wave guide. A lot of people are skeptical of this guide and its purpose, but it is smooth as silk to me. I will be the first to admit, I don't like spinning gear for the fact I am not efficient in casting with it and I hate the noise and line slap they give. With this guide and introducing micro guides, it is eliminated. The line is tamed out the gate and is a smooth rope instead of line slapping all the way to the tip. I had 2 heart breakers building this rod. 1 was when I was static testing, something popped and rod went one way and the tip insert came out. I flexed the rod for damage and all was good, but I had to wait a few days for the tip. Then I had finished the base wrap of the tiger with the third coat and it shucked out of the finisher after I walked out of the room and ruined the epoxy...which led to a strip and redo. But here are some pics of the build:





Thanks for the hot sticker JRob:






This was a heart breaker.