So as many of you know I posted before about getting into rod building.  Well I never got around to posting pictures of the rod and still don't have great pictures but maybe these will make up for it. I had a blast on the build and can't wait to build another.  Heres a few pictures of the fish I've caught on the rod though.

 

Nice! Do put up rod pics. what I can see looks very good.

Wow nice job and i hope you did not try to lip land that last fish! LOL

I will get some pictures today I thought it turned out pretty decent for my first attempt.  And no I did not lip him haha I didn't even wanna grab the mean thing.  He mad my bass net look tiny.

All 3 fish were caught on a Zman chatter bait on 15lb flouro

how do you like the Winn Grips,been looking to do them on my next build.

Winn grips are the real thing.

The Winn grips are nice but they require a little extra care when installing. They need to be reamed closer to size than EVA and you have to be sure to not twist the skin off. 

that looks really nice man!  congrats!

21 hours ago, crypt said:

how do you like the Winn Grips,been looking to do them on my next build.

I love the Winn grips ill be using them on my next build to

The Winn grips are so plush they may give the mis impression of being non durable. I haven't had any complaints of such as of yet. 

I could see that DVT, they definitely are soft 

On 6/25/2016 at 7:04 PM, Delaware Valley Tackle said:

The Winn grips are so plush they may give the mis impression of being non durable. I haven't had any complaints of such as of yet. 

my only winn grip experience is with golf clubs.  while they are no doubt the most comfortable grip in the golf game, they are not known for their durability which does make me hesitant on the fishing grip.  Although, i've yet to hear a single bad thing about the fishing winn grips so they may be a totally different animal.  i'm slowly getting more interested in them!

Seems to me a golf grip would get a lot more stress than a Rod grip. Only time will tell.