Thanks, I will definitely read that book. I know everyone says you dont save money, but i have to disagree. I know i will have to dish out cash for the initial setup. However, since I already spend lots of money on my fishing hobby, I think of it this way: Instead of spending $250 for a high quality (not the best quality, keep in mind) factory rod, i can spend around $150-200 on a rod with better components, quality checked by my own eyes, designed to my exact liking, with my custom design. My point is yes its still hundreds on a fishing rod but if im going to buy rods anyways being able to build my own give me the best quality possible for the price of a "decent-good" quality factory rod.
I already own some factory rods, and they are great for what i do. I only want to get into custom rod building because i can build rods of much greater quality for cheaper than what i usually spend on factory rods ($150-$250), coupled with the satisfaction of building my own rod, having my own designs, and my own exact specifications. I plan to build a couple inshore rods( one for fluke and one for stripers/blues/albies) , and have already a rough estimate of the price. both rods will have better quality (once im good at building) and lesser price than factory rods i like.
