My desire for a ultralight split bamboo spinning rod is starting to take shape. Not being able to find one in ultralight light spinning, I started looking at the fly/spin combos that came out of Japan around the WWII timeline. On Ebay I found one with a cracked ferrule on the at the front end of the third section. Perfect! I only wanted the first two sections to give me between a 6 and 7 foot UL rod. After weeks of alow shipping the rod showed up at my door. Rod was packed inside a section of pool noodle in a cardboard box ( neat idea). When I cut the tape . The zip tie bandit had cinched those ties down so tight the rod was bent. I cut the ties and yes the rod had taken a set
I let the rod rest and it has corrected some. I am sure I will need to straighten the rod to get it back to where it needs to be. This morning during the rain I went out and cranked up the 1940's era Craftsman metal lathe , sharpened up a tool bit and turned a bushing to mate the handle with the top two sections. This afternoon the rain stopped. I grabbed the rod, the Mitchell 308, and some bait. The lake has went from winter draw down to flood stage in 3 days. I couldn't find any takers, but the rod did cast well and felt good in the hand. Name: 20220227_160738.jpg Views: 263 Size: 90.0 KB
In the future it will get a lightweight set of single foot spinning guides to replace the snake guides that are one it