Quick to learn

[fish fingers]

Here is james,s 1st attempt at rod building he,s had a bit practice on old blanks but this is his 1st go on his own rod

[toonboymc]

Looks good to me but I am no expert practice makes perfect very nice

[Davey1970]

looks a good job to me aswell, a can`t tie me laces me..........!

[CHUKKA]

Here is james,s 1st attempt at rod building he,s had a bit practice on old blanks but this is his 1st go on his own rod

Nicely whipped but the high build is the difficult bit to get right. Its almost impossible to get right without practice, patience and a rod turner.

If I was to be constructive i would say the whippings don't need to be quite so long, they are only for holding the foot of the ring in place and extra whipping adds extra weight.

A bit of butchers tape does the job for me!

[g.ordon]

Here is james,s 1st attempt at rod building he,s had a bit practice on old blanks but this is his 1st go on his own rod

Might put you out of business stan

[fish fingers]

andy the whippings are that long as he was keeping them the same as the manufacturers 1,s as for extra weight this has got to be minuscule i,m sure this wouldn't get you any extra yards on your cast if even inches next time i see danny i,ll ask him see what he thinks lol

[topbanana]

Extra weight ! Were talking a few grams which doesn't mean squat. To me it looks a grand job and daddy better look out lol. You've tought him well which is something to be proud of.

[CHUKKA]

andy the whippings are that long as he was keeping them the same as the manufacturers 1,s as for extra weight this has got to be minuscule i,m sure this wouldn't get you any extra yards on your cast if even inches next time i see danny i,ll ask him see what he thinks lol

The weight is small but it's really noticeable between a fully built rod and a lightly built rod.

And it does help add distance , how much noboby knows but every little helps, thats why nearly all the top tourney casters use lightly built rods with taped on minima rings. The rods are lighter, recover quicker and dont have as much tip wobble. It helps reduce crackoffs.

Dont forget manufacturers want to sell rods so they have to look nice in the rod rack!

Whipped rings are definitely more durable, but tape does the job but doesn't look pretty!

[Ian Alexander]

That's a good job that James, especially for a first attempt!!

Regards Ian

[codseeker]

nice job james hope ya gonna undercut ya dad on hes prices

[fish fingers]

thanks topbanna he is very hands on and quick to learn he used to practice on a old broken rod i had with the spare threads what i had left i,ll have to watch him carefully with the high build as andy says take abit of trial and error and is to exspensive to waste but i,m sure he,ll do a good job under my guidance

[g.ordon]

Didn't realise he was building the rod for danny like

[fish fingers]

your dead right about crack offs and recovery totally agree if you can video some1 and show in slow motion you can see how the rod recovers fast or slow and i remember reading a report with philtherod saying the same thing about the crackoffs and he uses single leg guides on the tip to aid recovery or something like that he said and lots of people think it is always the leader knot catching but not all the time

[fish fingers]

its a small world gordon lol its his own rod and trevor b4 u start it,s also a big world with small people or is it big world with little people you,ve got me all confused you little man or are you big hell i do,nt know lol

[codseeker]

its a small world gordon lol its his own rod and trevor b4 u start it,s also a big world with small people or is it big world with little people you,ve got me all confused you little man or are you big hell i do,nt know lol

fkn hell stan ya got me brain done in now ..small world with big people and lil people in a big world why dont they just mix together and be little and large