Custom Rod Building ???

Question

I want to start making my own fishing rods to go along with my amateur outdoor videos. (Home of the Brave Outdoors). I realize I have to buy blanks. Is there anywhere that you would suggest getting them? I don't want to spend thousands on just rods but decent enough for all purpose use. I want to start with micro light size for trout fishing. Any suggestions, let me know! Thank you in advance!!!

Answer 1

Try Netcraft out of Ohio..they sell blanks of all sorts. Here is a link to their rod blanks.Where can I see your video's?

Answer 2

Cabelas is just as good a place as any other for rod blanks, unless you want to buy them in bulk for a cheaper price, if you do want to buy them in bulk contact the manufacture of the rods. To start off with i suggest buying a blank from cabelas own brand, i recently built a light duty fresh water trout rod using one of there own blanks for a friend and he loves it, i built it with fuji eyes and reels seat, and used quality cork, the cheap cork simply breaks up after a year or two.

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templa...

Cabelas also sells kits with the blank, reel seat, threads, color preserver, epoxy etc, one last tip, when you build your rod use a quality thread, this will enure the eyes stay solid and look good for years. Quality thread i use is Gudebrod.

http://www.rodbuilding.org/glossary/

Answer 3

Mudhole.com

I love getting my stuff there.  It's easy, they carry good products, and they have reasonable prices!

Answer 4

I would suggest checking out Cabelas or possibly St Croix,because they have some good blanks at fair prices.