Bass_blaster Posted March 16, 2020 Report Share Posted March 16, 2020 Curious to see if any guys local in San Diego would be interested in trading a custom rod that I will make you, to your specs, for interesting swimbait gear. Mainly interested in the harder to find stuff (316 top hook 6”, 316 BAA, 316 wakes, interesting gill style baits, Deps 250, nicer reels maybe, etc...) Pictures below are of the last one I made for myself with the same blank (got two of them) which is a Phenix model that was made for custom rod line for another maker. Specs: 8’-2”, 25-20lb line, 3-10oz I use mine to throw the mother and now a bubba cracker and it tosses those fine, probably wouldn’t throw anything much bigger than mom on it though. Trade would be highly dependent on what sort of components go into the build and how intricate the thread work would be. Feel free to PM me if you have any interest. Also, the rest of my builds I’ve done for myself are posted in the “show off your swimbait setup” thread. SocalofSD, captainhookset, genexiong15 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanD-Jigs Posted March 16, 2020 Report Share Posted March 16, 2020 Beautiful builds man. Live the fade on that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bay Arean Posted March 17, 2020 Report Share Posted March 17, 2020 Very clean rod, color scheme is awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksmith19 Posted March 19, 2020 Report Share Posted March 19, 2020 (edited) I have a custom painted hinkle trout. Would you be interested in building a rod for the hinkle ?! I would need a good do everything swimbait stick. A good 250 rod. Let me know Edited March 19, 2020 by Jacksmith19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bass_blaster Posted March 19, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2020 I might be able to make that work depending on how fancy you want the rod. Ive only got one blank available at the moment (the xxh) which would be on the heavy side for a 250. Ive thrown my 250s on it and it’ll launch them, but I think you’d be better off with something else a little lighter. My favorite 250 blank is a Phenix 809XHJ, and I’m thinking about making myself a 909XHJ (slightly heavier and 9’ vs 8’). Just an FYI, all the components for a decent swimbait rod run me about $300 since I’m just a hobby builder so any trades would have to be in that neighborhood of value to start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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