An important part of building a custom rod is knowing the users fishing habits. The user of this rod fishes from a boat that sits nearer to the surface than most. How does that knowledge help you might ask. If I used a bright or metallic thread on the guides the fish would see the flash from the bright thread and that would spook them in the clear water conditions where this rod would be used. To solve that issue I opted to use a black underlay for the guides and black thread to hold the guides on. This solves the flash problem that would be seen by the fish. Under normal circumstances the thread used on the guides would match the thread on the decorative wrap but fishing conditions necessitated a deviation from protocal. The rod is on the drying rack now and will be done by morning.




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