been joshing around the idea of rod making. if i were to buy a good blank something equivalent to a st. croix, how much $$would i be saving by building a rod rather than buying one.
been joshing around the idea of rod making. if i were to buy a good blank something equivalent to a st. croix, how much $$would i be saving by building a rod rather than buying one.
Depends on the blank and componets, but what ive found is that you dont really save any money, but you can use better guides than come on them from the factory. And you still have to get thread and epoxy but thats cheap, possibly a rod turner and wrapper depending on how into it you want to get. One suggestion dont go cheap on the componets. All and all I would rather build my own just for the pleasure of doing it myself, nothing better than catchin a fish on a rod you built.
What Skeeter said, you don't usually save much money, but you get a better product ... the way you want it.
However, you usually save more on high-end blanks as opposed to lower models. For example, if I build an Avid series, I break even compared to an over the counter rod. On an Legend extreme, I can save $50.
You just can't beat upgraded compents, right handle length etc. Have it your way.
Well...until you get to the point where you are buying wholesale, and in quantity you arent going to save money, especially on one or two rods. by the time you factor in all of the little supplies that go into it you are at least breaking even with a factory rod....
The upside......you can build it how you want it....something to be said for that.
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