Broken Spinning Rod. Seeking a Rod Builder to Make it Into an Ice Fishing Rod.

  • Bass Thumb
    Royalton, MN
    Posts: 1200
    March 28, 2017 at 9:58 pm #1684785

    Are there any custom rod-builders that could turn a broken open-water spinning rod of mine into a ice fishing rod for walleye?

    It’s an undamaged 5′ long top section of a premium $350 bass fishing rod, a Dobyns Champion Extreme 792sf. It was crushed by a rod locker just above the handle. I am not a smart man.

    I’d like to have a cork handle built on the existing blank to make it into a 36″ long walleye rod. The action would be great for that. It has a nice soft tip and a stiff backbone.

    I’m in St. Cloud. Would be willing to ship, but would prefer local or Twin Cities.

    Thanks, Joe

    ejdelvo28
    Posts: 102
    March 28, 2017 at 10:03 pm #1684792

    I bet John at TUCR would do it.

    belletaine
    Nevis, MN
    Posts: 5116
    March 29, 2017 at 6:46 am #1684848

    Perhaps Trumar or Randy Wieland.

    bigcrappie
    Blaine
    Posts: 4330
    March 29, 2017 at 9:47 am #1684908

    I can handle that for you, the only problem would be where the guides are on the area where you want to put the handle and you would have to add a stripper guide. So you would maybe have to remove a guide or 2 and add a new one with the handle.

    PM me Brian

    Bassn Dan
    Posts: 977
    March 31, 2017 at 2:02 am #1685453
    Bass Thumb wrote:

    Are there any custom rod-builders that could turn a broken open-water spinning rod of mine into a ice fishing rod for walleye?

    It’s an undamaged 5′ long top section of a premium $350 bass fishing rod, a Dobyns Champion Extreme 792sf. It was crushed by a rod locker just above the handle. I am not a smart man.

    I’d like to have a cork handle built on the existing blank to make it into a 36″ long walleye rod. The action would be great for that. It has a nice soft tip and a stiff backbone.

    I’m in St. Cloud. Would be willing to ship, but would prefer local or Twin Cities.

    Thanks, Joe

    Depending on how much of the blank was crushed, an option would be to have an experienced rod builder look at it to see if it can be repaired. With a good repair the rod will fish like it did originally.

    White Ranger
    Posts: 53
    March 31, 2017 at 11:40 am #1685541

    Bassn Dan has a good point. A break just above the handle is the easiest to repair and will cause very little (if any) effect on the action of the rod. If the damaged area is mostly intact it is not a hard repair for an experienced rod builder.

Viewing 6 posts - 1 through 6 (of 6 total)

You must be logged in to reply to this topic.