thefunkychicken 0 Posted February 3, 2011 Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 Gday.After a fair bit of slackness at the old rod building caper, I thought I'd better get back onto it and start finishing off some of the works in progress.I've never had a "flash" heavy rod for trolling or bottom bouncing. I bought a 10-15kg 5'6" Ugly Stik a couple of years ago, but not having a boat meant I didn't really need my own "flash" heavy rod. I decided a while ago that I neeeeeded one.The blank I chose was a Samurai NV9 rated to a maximum drag of 15kg. I think I was a bit heavy handed in going for this one but nonetheless, I have given this rod a run through its paces (read on) and am happy with how it delivered.The grips are EVA, the components are all Fuji: Alconite guides and tip, heavy duty reel seat, deluxe gimbal butt.As usual, I added a hook keeper as I get peeved seeing at high end rods (that attract a high price) to find that they have no hook keeper, forcing people to hook their sharp things onto the guide frames, or worse still... the guide inserts!Strangely it seems that Samurai provide no decal to affix to the completed rod to further expose their product. This is the 3rd Samurai blank I've built on and they've all had a lovely "Samurai NV9" or "Samurai SX0001" painted in metallic gold on the blank... but right where the grips are to be glued. Dunno!Anyway, all guides are underbound then over bound - the threadwork took me bloody ages. 2 coats of colour preserver were then applied, then several coats of epoxy.I was lucky enough to get a week to let the epoxy cure fully before loading it up. The result was 2 SBT (13 & 22kg). The rod and a Shimano Thunnus Ci4 6000 with 40lb Power Pro braid handled it very nicely. It then had no problem bottom-bouncing for Southern Bight Redfish, Snapper and Morwong in 55m of water with nice sensitivity for bite detecting but still giving out plenty of power.So now this rod is going to get hung up out of the way until it'll get dusted off to be used again when I next get the chance to go chasing some big fish.Thanks for reading.Cheers. Rickster and 4THALOVE 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rickster 0 Posted February 3, 2011 Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 Nice build there TFC nice when it all comes together for you and to Christian it as well on the first use.Well done big pat on the back.:woohoo: thefunkychicken 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
urhookedfish 12 Posted February 3, 2011 Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 WOW. that is one impressive stick. Looks beautifully at home in the rod holder out at sea.Nice work mate.will send you a PM> thefunkychicken 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aldingabeachfisho 1 Posted February 3, 2011 Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 killer rod mate good workB) thefunkychicken 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
thefunkychicken 0 Posted February 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 WOW. that is one impressive stick. Looks beautifully at home in the rod holder out at sea.Nice work mate.will send you a PM>PM replied to.Cheers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Piranha 76 Posted February 3, 2011 Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 Wish I had the time,patience and most of all know-how to build something like that,, well done funky chook;) nice work:) thefunkychicken 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chunky 0 Posted February 3, 2011 Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 ohhhh bring bring,nice work on the stick man,a valued piece to the collection i bet,:sick: :sick: :sick: thefunkychicken 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fishnuts 55 Posted February 4, 2011 Report Share Posted February 4, 2011 TFC,That looks sweet mate, your epoxy work have improved in leaps and bounds, like they say practice makes perfect and I think you have done this for sure.Look forward to seeing what you do next.Cheers Darren. thefunkychicken 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phear 0 Posted February 5, 2011 Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 great looking bindings there mate! awesome to see it got christened first use!congrats thefunkychicken 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
thefunkychicken 0 Posted February 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2011 Thanks for the kind words of encouragement there chaps.I must say that I absolutely love building up a rod. An hour or two, here and there with some good tunes or movie in the background and I can just twist away.Stand by for #7, it's a fairly "gaudy" one, but that's what my mate wanted when he asked me to do it.Thanks for the interest and the comments.Tight lines. Rickster 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rocknev 2 Posted February 7, 2011 Report Share Posted February 7, 2011 HOW SWEET IS THAT ROD... LOVELY PIECE OF WORK MATE.... IM LIKING IT thefunkychicken 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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