for my nephew. he said to me today, "uncle cliff, i sure wish i had a rod like yours" so i said you got it bud!! took his little 5'6" light cherrywood and stripped of the cork (which is actually cork look alike foam), cleaned the blank up, turned down a set of new grips from left over hypalon i had, couple of fresh wraps and there it is! just gotta put the finish on the wraps and it will be done. this rod paired with his little UL mitchell avocet makes a good learning rig for him.

here is a pic

i think he will be pretty excited in the morning when he sees it.

Cliff

Nice job, sure he'll love it.

That looks sharp. He's gonna love it fo sho! 8-)

Nice job, thanks for being a good influence. Hope he catches a TON of fish with it.

memo

That's what it's all about! Very cool.

Very nice! I wanna make my rods look like that!

That's cool!  He'll love it!!