I guess I should call this one the special

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Long story short a guy was giving away some rod blanks if anyone had kids they'd like to teach how to build a rod. I took him up on the offer and had my son's each build the 7 and 5 wt he offered up. He also threw in a 9' 3 pc 4 wt that I decided to build for myself. Stinky deer suggested using cottonwood bark for the grip so I made donuts with a hole saw, sanded em flat then stacked them up. After turning it down on the lathe and putting on a coat of wax it came out pretty good.

Was at the local hunting fishing store and they had a small stack of ross reels 30% off. The cimarron 1 looked to be the right size and I found one that was already spooled up. The sales guy said he didn't know how to price the line so it was gratus.

Seems to be a well balanced no name setup with a sweet action. Just need to break myself free and chase some grayling with it.

Last edited by 458 Lott; 08/29/14.