Yea
The weak link is the reel
as Captain Mark said the bail.
The only manual bail reel that might take the abuse the van Staal 400
but at $1800 I don't think so.
I was looking to experiment but I guess not.
I already have 3 8 foot cod sticks built on the GBT841XH and a 4th which I just finished building that I named "Frankenstein".
It's 8 1/2 footer
I built it from a surf rod I built from a GSB1502MH blank.
I crushed the butt in a car door
The rod is a 2 piece rod so I epoxyed the 2 pieces at the ferrule and cut it back from the crushed butt 4 feet.
Man what a bat this thing can Fling 20 OZ Crippled herrings like they were A27s and light as a feather.
Can't wait to try it on Joeys boat this spring in Hyannis or the Bunny Clark.
I am thinking of getting a Trnidad 40 or an avet lx 4.1 to put on it.
Fellas thanks for the input on the spinning thing.
The weak link is the reel
as Captain Mark said the bail.
The only manual bail reel that might take the abuse the van Staal 400
but at $1800 I don't think so.
I was looking to experiment but I guess not.
I already have 3 8 foot cod sticks built on the GBT841XH and a 4th which I just finished building that I named "Frankenstein".
It's 8 1/2 footer
I built it from a surf rod I built from a GSB1502MH blank.
I crushed the butt in a car door
The rod is a 2 piece rod so I epoxyed the 2 pieces at the ferrule and cut it back from the crushed butt 4 feet.
Man what a bat this thing can Fling 20 OZ Crippled herrings like they were A27s and light as a feather.
Can't wait to try it on Joeys boat this spring in Hyannis or the Bunny Clark.
I am thinking of getting a Trnidad 40 or an avet lx 4.1 to put on it.
Fellas thanks for the input on the spinning thing.
