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Fishing Rod Buying Basics
Here are some basic fishing rod facts that you need to know before you head out or go online to purchase one.

Making Custom Fishing Rods
There are a lot of places to get quality parts for building your own rod. Lots of them are here on the Internet, and I've linked to a number of them for you on the Custom Rod Building Page. Try building one for yourself. Start by rewrapping the guides on an "old but good" rod. Perfect your wrapping skill there and take on a whole rod. Even if you don't want to get that involved, it's really nice to have people look at the butt wrap on your rods and drool!!

Stand Up Rods - Can You Take Them?
Stand up rods came on the scene many years ago, but only in the last several years have they become immensely popular. These short, fast taper rods offer the angler the opportunity to literally go one-on-one with some awfully hard fighting fish. And the shortness of the rod makes the fight even more personal.

A Very Special Spinning Rod
Sam had tinkered with some custom rod building in the past and had watched me repair and re-wrap some guides on my rods. On one trip to Florida he offered to build me a custom spinning rod, which he did and brought with him on his next trip down. It was a Lamiglass blank with an Aftco reel seat and Fuji guides, a nice super-fast taper spinning rod for 15 pound line.