Fresh build hot off the bench. Some good friends of mine run an organization called Memories Made Outdoors and have made it their mission to get vets and first responders outdoors, whether it be fishing, hunting, or camping. They host a crappie tournament each spring on Lake Minnetonka and I've fished it every year since its inception, minus this year cause we were in Oklahoma. Along with the tournament, this year they have taken over as the organization running the Minnetonka Crappie Contest, a family friendly event with a $20 per person entry fee. You bring one crappie to the scales and their are prizes for 1st thru 5th for largest crappie in both adults and kids divisions. Along with that, there is a mystery weight drawn the morning of the tournament and the first person to weigh a fish that matches the weight, or the person that gets the closest to the mystery weight, wins the grand prize package. They asked me if I could build a rod to be a part of that prize package and they are pairing it up with a Shimano NASCI 2500 reel. I built one out using an NFC DS6100-1 6'-10" Medium X-Fast blank and Fuji Alconite guides. I used the Fuji Prisma 702 Peacock colored thread, and in the split grip and foregrip area I used some 6lb mono to give it some texture to let the Prisma thread do its thing. This rod looks awesome out in the sun. Someone will enjoy it for a long time to come.
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