hi everyone!

During the off season I decided that I wanted to try to modify a rod to fit my fishing needs. I purchased a second hand Clarus to give it a go. It was a 6'6 MH casting rod. I wanted to use it throwing worms and spinners.

I like two hand casting and wanted a little more leverage. I extended the handle 6 inches and balanced out the weight with some lead tubes inserted and epoxied into the lower portion of the handle.

I love the way it casts and the balance makes the rod feel lighter when working the worm Wrapping was hard for me at first until I got the hang of it.

I enjoyed the process and I think I will get a few more rods and goof arround with them some more. But here are some pictures. It may look like a hack job but it sure was fun

Vic

Not bad at all for a first try ! congrats !

How much time did it take to get'r done ????

Thanks Sal!  

 I take it as a trial and error hobby  

But total about 5-6 hours.   I did a few hours here and there.  The hardest part was removing the epoxy that was inside the bottom of the clarus blank to insert the balancing weights.   That and trying to shape the cork just right.  I still want to improve on that a lot.  But I have a whole  bag of cork dust to mess arround with later lol

Vic

I think it's time you try and build one from scratch! You can do it... there's  enough guys here who build rods to give you pointers. I started out just like you with modifying a old rod and then went on from there to building rods over 10 yrs ago. I'm really glad I did now looking back. Each rod you build will be a little better than the last!