Effects Of Cutting An Existing Rod Down In Length

[Lucky Craft Man]

Now get that rod modified & stick that 7lb smallie.

You know I dream about getting that 7 pounder often. I will not be able to rest as a fisherman until I break that threshold! Hopefully this rod will help me do just that.

[Lucky Craft Man]

That sounds very cool.

Please consider posting up a shot of the finished product.

A-Jay

I will definately post a picture (as long as shfishinsticks doesn't mind and if I can figure out how)

[S Hovanec]

I'll probably have a pic posted before you even get here to pick it up!

[Dwight Hottle]

I'll probably have a pic posted before you even get here to pick it up!

LOL!

[Lucky Craft Man]

I'll probably have a pic posted before you even get here to pick it up!

I find myself looking at this thread at least once an hour hoping I will see a picture of my modified rod!

[ctf58]

Easy answer to the original question is, you get a shorter rod.

Sorry it has been a b!tch of a day. 2 weeks done of a 6 week class in accident reconstruction.

[S Hovanec]

I just ordered your parts today, so it'll be a little bit!

[S Hovanec]

[Lucky Craft Man]

WOW...Scott, that is incredible! I really like how you lined the top of the reel seat right along the threaded line right before the "G" in "G Loomis" Really gives it a clean look. I am also so very excited about the Wynn handle grip (along with having no fore grip). Truly amazing work!!! I can't wait to pick it up and give it a try this Wednesday up on Lake Erie. Maybe I'll finally get that 7 pounder I dream of.

For anyone who is looking to get a rod modified or having one built, definitely give Scott a look. The guy is incredibly nice, his ideas and communication are top notch, and as you can see, he took a difficult task (modifying a rod from the butt section) and really did an outstanding job. Thanks again, Scott!!!!!!

This thread is a prime example as to why Bass Resource is the greatest on-line fishing forum there is. On March 28th I posed a question I was thinking about, which soon lead to an explanation of the project I wanted to have done. People gave great advice and professional opinions, which lead to several recommendations of good rod builders I could use, which lead me to Scott (Thanks again, Dwight), which resulted in the finished product you see above. I am just blown away how everything came together in such a short period of time and produced the great results that it has. I think I finally have my "ideal" jerkbait rod and I can't wait to see how it performs on the water.

[S Hovanec]

I really like how you lined the top of the reel seat right along the threaded line right before the "G" in "G Loomis"

Thanks for the compliments. I hope it fishes as well as you hope.

BTW, I didn't align the thread with the reel seat, that's a new wrap to trim the front of the winding check. I just happened to have the exact thread match that Loomis used on that rod.

[Lucky Craft Man]

Thanks for the compliments. I hope it fishes as well as you hope.

BTW, I didn't align the thread with the reel seat, that's a new wrap to trim the front of the winding check. I just happened to have the exact thread match that Loomis used on that rod.

Unbelievable! This rod modification is getting more impressive by the minute. I can't even begin to express how excited and grateful I am over the work you did.

[Tony Monticelli]

congrats, looks great.

[Lucky Craft Man]

I just picked up my rod today from Scott. This thing is beyond what I expected. What I am most impressed with was the fact that Scott took an idea and really fit it to me (I guess that is why people get custom made rods). For example, many might not like the Winn grip, but I love it. As I mentioned before, I use rod wrap over all my cork, so Scott just eliminated the need for the wrap by using the Winn handle (though, I may still wrap it, because I am anal). Also, I wanted a nice comfortable reel seal and didn't really care to have a blank through one (since I fish with my index finger resting on the blank in front of the reel seat anyway, palming comfort is more important than having to feel the blank through the reel seat). Scott took those parameters and found a perfect solution that made the modification achievable and affordable. Just incredible!

Also, for those wondering if cutting 4 inches off a G Loomis GLX CBR855C would alter the action and power in any way, I am here to say it does make it slightly more moderate in action, which is exactly what I was looking to achieve (the affect to the power I can't yet determine until I get on the water and see how it handles a fish). Now I just have to get out and see how it performs!

[Dwight Hottle]

The finished product looks really good. Scott did an excellant job. I like the contrast between the blue/gray & the brownish blank.

[A-Jay]

That thing looks SWEET !

Really nice.

Thank you very much for following up with the photos.

And you are right - this site does R O C K !

A-Jay

[S Hovanec]

I have some pics of it with the reel on it. I'll post them as soon as I dump them off my phone.

[S Hovanec]

[Lucky Craft Man]

Well, I got to try out the rod for a little bit on Wednesday. It handled all the jerkbaits from a Pointer 78 up to a DD Pointer 100 quite well and paired with the Core 50, I could cast all those baits a mile. What I really like is the recovery the GLX has over some of the other jerkbait rods I have used. Unfortunately, I didn't catch a lot of fish, but there was one 3 pounder that really emphasized why I wanted this rod. I was throwing a DD Pointer 100 in about 11 ft. of water. I had just jerked the bait a few times and was letting it just suspend (I was varying the pause time). I felt the very slightest little tick while pausing the bait and I set the hook. Fish on! This fish fought like crazy (those 2 and 3 pounders think they are 5 pounders) and when I got him close to the boat, I noticed that he was hooked under the jaw with just one hook of the rear treble hooks. I backed off the drag and let him make his explosive runs by the boat that smallmouth are famous for. After a few small runs, I was able to get him into the net. I realized that without the sensitivity in that rod, I would have never felt that really slight tick, which I assume was the fish just lightly mouthing the bait like sluggish and weary smallmouth like to do. Also, with the way that fish fought by the boat and with how barely hooked the fish was, I like to think that the soft action of the rod really helped keeping the fish hooked up. Though it was only one fish (out of the half dozen I caught) that really utilized the features in this rod, I felt a sense of satisfaction and pride in knowing that I probably wouldn't have caught (or even felt) that fish if I hadn't taken the time and money to get what I feel maybe the perfect Lake Erie Prespawn Jerkbait rod. Hopefully, one day that very slight "tick" will turn out to be that 7 pound Smallmouth!

Thanks again, Scott! The rod performed better than I expected and it was really comfortable to fish with. I am hoping to get up there one day this week to give it another run and I hope I achieve a little more success than I did last time (those post frontal conditions really tests ones confidence and patience).

[Jeff H]

Wow! What a great thread, all the way through. End result looks incredible!