Casting Lightning Rod Conversion

[islandbass]

After learning a lot from my first conversion, I decided to do a casting rod. I chose my hardly used Lightning Rod.

What I realized after making the first one was that not all split grips are equal in the sensitivity department. The ones that enable you to have your hand touch the blank should be more sensitive that those on which your hand is solely on the cork.


Berkley Lightning Rod

This time, I made certain that my hand would be touching the blank.





This time, my palm is in direct contact with the blank and let me tell you it was nice to feel the feedback from the blank to my hand. It also feels very comfortable to hold.

As for the overall feel, I have to say it has greatly improved for me. The Lightning Rod has felt “heavy” in hand and the factory cork grip was a tad to thick for my hand.

So if you’re going to convert a rod, make sure you do so in a way that your palm is in contact with the blank.

This is probably the last rod I will convert. Why? Because Spring is here and it is now time to get back to fishing.

-ib