hammer4reel Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 (edited) Tracey’s husband bought a Lami 1143 surf rod over 30 years ago . after he passed away the rod sat idle for many years . I told her those blanks were highly sought after , and cut down made great blackfish rods . She def wanted to use the rod instead of it collecting dust . My buddy Jon told me he would build the rod for me . so I cut off 3 feet off the butt of it , and had him recondition the rod to its new use . After much though about how we wanted to build it , colors were chosen and it’s been a project for the last month .. ‘Jon did an awesome job on the wraps . I gave the rod to Tracey for her birthday. finally we got a weather window, and got to fish a half day today . Made a bunch of drops to find fish that wanted to chew. was mostly shorts , but Tracey did put. 2 keepers in the box .. so instead of sitting in the corner the rod will finally get to live again . crazy how sensitive the original glass blanks were . { new glass rods carrying the same model and specs aren’t even close } Edited April 23, 2020 by hammer4reel JHbowhunter, gonefishing, Lunatic and 6 others 7 2 Captain Dan Bias REELMUSIC SPORTFISHING 50# Striper live release club. http://reelmusicsportfishing.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadonshot2 Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 Nice. I like that. hammer4reel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunatic Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 Very cool. Wind finally stopped today the bay was like a table top. Happy Birthday ! hammer4reel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgw Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 Awesome hammer4reel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckeyes11 Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 Looks great. Many blackfish to come on that rod! hammer4reel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bojaffa Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 Good deal! hammer4reel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHbowhunter Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 Happy Birthday Tracey! Nice gift! hammer4reel 1 16 3/4” Live Fluke Release Club Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney Rubble Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 Looks great! I did not know this was possible. Happy B-day and great gift. hammer4reel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPEARFISH Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 Cool wrap. Couple guys I know caught yesterday. Way south. hammer4reel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeStaten Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 Looks great! Don’t see too many spiral wrapped like that. hammer4reel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammer4reel Posted April 24, 2020 Author Share Posted April 24, 2020 2 minutes ago, MikeStaten said: Looks great! Don’t see too many spiral wrapped like that. Just about everything we fish is spiral wrapped now . Even our fluke stuff Captain Dan Bias REELMUSIC SPORTFISHING 50# Striper live release club. http://reelmusicsportfishing.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeStaten Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 24 minutes ago, hammer4reel said: Just about everything we fish is spiral wrapped now . Even our fluke stuff I used to make my own rods and spiral wrapped many. Surprised it hasn’t caught on more as I don’t see any negatives with it. I even made a freshwater bass rod spiral wrapped and it doesn’t give up anything in casting distance either. hammer4reel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiking Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 very nice gift. Happy Birthday Tracey hammer4reel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lphunsjr Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 Very cool hammer4reel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer36 Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 They claim it's better than graphite in cold weather. hammer4reel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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