My 6 1/2 year old daughter has one of those cheapo princess rods that every kid starts out with.  It is pretty bad, and I think she is ready for something a little bigger.  Looking around, I see that an ultra light 4ft 6in UglyStik GX2 exists, so I was thinking of picking up up for her.  The problem is, anytime I broach the topic of a new rod, she talks about wanting it to look princess-y or mermaids.

 

I found some rod decals that have mermaids (and surprisingly have clothes on) here: https://customrodcomponents.com/decals-stickers/specialty-decals.html?decal_type=2766

 

Those seem reasonable enough (I have never done anything with decals before).  But the I was looking at a zebco spinning reel and they are ugly, plain,and black.  Is there some way to spice up the reel?  I just can't find anything out there for that.

 

Any other suggestions are appreciated as well!

Google "Pink Fishing Rods"  lots of options that you could spruce up with some decals.  

4 minutes ago, TOXIC said:

Google "Pink Fishing Rods"  lots of options that you could spruce up with some decals.  

You know, I had started with pink, but I hadn't thought of it again once I thought about the decals.  Maybe a pink rod and a few decals wouldn't be terrible.  I am not sure I can find a pink rod before 5ft, but maybe that isn't as critical as I think....

 

Also, I misspoke, I wanted to get her a spin-caster.

Not as good of quality, and 5ft 6in, but for the price for a combo, it seems worth the risk to get it and a couple of decals I think:

https://www.amazon.com/Zebco-Spin-Cast-Combo-Tackle-10/dp/B003LZHJAA

 

Thanks for the reminder on the pink reel.  If someone thinks of something else I am missing, I am all ears (particularly for decorating the reel without just throwing some of her stickers on (which might be fine if I replace them each season).

 

 

There are lots of good quality, colored blanks at a reasonable price.   You might get some ideas from this site-note the "granddaughter rod).

 

http://clients.criticalimpact.com/newsletter/newslettercontentshow1.cfm?contentid=9599&id=1069

You could build up a Rodgeeks for her.  No sacrifices on the quality and like 27 colors to pick. Pinks, purples, blues.

Look for arrow wraps. They have them available in kids themes.  one stringer is a brand that is very high quality 

https://onestringer.com/arrow-wraps/youth/princesses/

 

Here is the princess page for arrow wraps for you 

You could hydro paint the reel.. check it out its really easy to do.