Thought I would share some of my latest hacks.

Two of the rods are requested Christmas gifts. The plain Jane split grip with the curado is my personal spinner bait setup. The handles still need some final clean up, as I've been test casting/fishing with each rod.

7'6 XP3 Split grips and spiral wrapped micro guides

7' All Star Blank Spinning, 3 guide transition, micro run to tip

6'9 XP3 Casting, split grips spiral micro guides

Very nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sweet job!!!!!!! My new years resolution is going to be, never by a built rod again. i just bought my first kit from cabelas, and am going to build a fly rod for one of my friends.

Great job on your builds!!!!!!!!!!!

Badog

How do you like the ACS seat vs the regular ECS seat?  I was thinking about trying an ACS on my next build

I much prefer the ACS seats over the ECS version, but I vastly prefer skeleton seats over anything.

http://www.swamplandtackle.com/products.asp?cat=34

The skeleton spin seats are like the ones found on carrot sticks.