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jeff wilbanks · jeff wilbanks

i just finished this 1389 fenwick surf rod.... hope you like it....

Bennie Beuhler · Bennie Beuhler

THIS IS A LITTLE 6'6" MED. ACT. ROD THAT WAS DONE FOR A CUSTOMER'S GRANDSON FOR CHRISTMAS.

Bennie Beuhler · Bennie Beuhler

this is a usa blank 843. the handle is custom made with layered burrel cork and sliced with foam inserts. it has micros with a # 6 stripper and a #6 fly guide as the transition guide. the rest are micros. the total guides are 7. it has all tiger wrap and a fuji split seat. i totally injoyed building it...

Trey Shaw · Trey Shaw

Hey guys and gals, Sorry I haven't been on in a while.... been really busy with family and work. Hope all you guys and gals are doing well. Here is one of my last projects. My Unlce comissioned me to make this rod for him for a bass tournament he'll be fishing a Falcon Lake Aug 20th and 21st

Bennie Beuhler · Bennie Beuhler

this one took a little while the square which is white i tryed to put measurement lines and it didnot fare so well, but "i will be bock" i have to do some alteration to my jig so that i can accomodate more threads. i have all the stuff to do it, but when will i fine the time................be...

Bennie Beuhler · Bennie Beuhler

grandnephews rod. it has a little marbling work with some thread work. the guide are micros and the seat is a fuji palmming seat. the cork behind the seat has some burn work on it...............bennie -- Edited by Bennie Beuhler on Tuesday 5th of July 2011 04:58:20 PM -- Edited by Bennie Beuhler on Tues...

Mark Sosebee · Mark Sosebee

Snake Skin jigging rod for my nephew. Made it a few months ago but just now getting a picture of it.

Mark Sosebee · Mark Sosebee

First try at Abalone and it worked great. I will definitely use it again. I hope the user likes red because there is a lot of it on this rod. The blank is FTU-8MB783 with spiral wrapped Fuji 3.5 guides. The exposed part of the blank in the reel seat also got wrapped in a piece of Abalone. As par pictures are...

Bennie Beuhler · Bennie Beuhler

this rod has been painted with pearl blue over silver and blue, blue over that. it has some tiger with some inlayed custom grips.

Peter Barrett · Peter Barrett

7ft 20-50lb live bait rod .. very nice and clean, great rod to use light weight and very balanced.. [IMG]https://i869.photobucket.c...

Peter Barrett · Peter Barrett

[img]https://i869.photobucket.com/albums/ab252/reel...

Peter Barrett · Peter Barrett

[img]https://i869.photobucket.com/albums/ab252/re...

Peter Barrett · Peter Barrett

heres a st croix that i just finished up.. fuji kwag guides 8ft 8-17lb..split grip very nice rod feels great!! [IMG]https:...

Peter Barrett · Peter Barrett

THIS IS A X-MAS ROD I BUILT FOR MY DAD..I MADE IT MATCH HIS CHOPPER THAT HE RIDES.I PUT SOME PICS OF THE BIKE AT THE END SO YOU COUD SEE WHERE I WAS HEADED WITH THIS ROD.. ANY WAY ITS A JIGGING ROD FOR HIM WHEN HE FISHS TUNA OR BIG AMBERJACKS OR WHAT EVER HE WANTS TO DO WITH IT. ITS A SPLIT GRIP RAINSHADOW BLANK WITH...

Peter Barrett · Peter Barrett

just finished up this sucker.. 7ft fast action live bait.. on a blackfin blank ,fujis,alumium reel seat and gimble.. also some obalone thrown in the mix. great rod for sails or dolphin..even some king fish rod is for sale if any one is interested -- Edited by Peter Barrett on Tuesday 19th of April 20...

Bennie Beuhler · Bennie Beuhler

customer came in with some work for me to repair and he seen the custom work i was doing. he ask me if i could build a rod that would be longer than 7' and he could through 1/2 to 1oz jig some distance so he could swim them in to 8-15' of water. i look through my inventory and found this lamiglas lmb864 which t...

Bennie Beuhler · Bennie Beuhler

i had always wanted to paint a rod, but never got around to it. i have been talking to terry at ftu in houston about doing one , who is an expert, and he give me some pointer on using clears and pearl paints. so this is my first one. the customer didnot want any stickers, but i told her that my blank writing skil...

Peter Barrett · Peter Barrett

i built a new shop because my girl friend was sick of me building in my bed room and i was sick of her sleep in my work area,,, so i built a 12x 20 shop.. check it out still need some final touchs but im ready to start building again ... also here a kinfish live bait rod that i just finished.. very simple thread w...

Bennie Beuhler · Bennie Beuhler

this is a little spinning rod i made for a guy who likes fishing the creek for bass and perch. it is one of those silver blanks that i bought at ftu. it is one of those that every once and a while u thank u hit a homerun on. u know everything just fell into place.

Greg Vella · Greg Vella

This customer asked if I could find a ratttlesnake skin to put in the seperate grip section of a 7 foot X-Heavy bass rod. So, I did my best, but found out after I had put it on, that it was not a rattlesnake, but rather a copperhead. The customer liked it, despite it not being the type of snake that warns you, b...

Greg Vella · Greg Vella

Swimbait rod for a Navy dewd. Reel seat carbon K-1 locking nut made by Capt. G. Bullard thread, and Minerals used for guide and decorative wraps.

Peter Barrett · Peter Barrett

heres a tuna rod i built for a customer.. 60-unlimited calstar, aluminum butt ,start rollers... beast..

Peter Barrett · Peter Barrett

i built these rods for the prizes at the blacktip challenge.. i had 5 days to build them and also had to fish the tourny.. i would have liked to do something a little nicer but with the short amount of time thats what i could do..there not perfect but they should catch some fish!! blackfin donated the blank...

Mark Sosebee · Mark Sosebee

Here is a Mag Bass rod setup with micros. The blank is an FTU IM8-MB843.The micro guides are the Fuji TLSG 3.5. The guides are wrapped in Royal Blue with Metallic silver bands. The cross wrap is done with Metallic Silver, Metallic Royal Blue and black background. Sorry the pictures are not the best. I co...

Peter Barrett · Peter Barrett

i needed to build a rod that would be ruff and tuff,something i could not be afraid of getting dirty and scratched up..i know that it will be abused and have some big fish to pull on... so i had a blackfin blank and some cheap guides and other parts so i threw this one together for this weekend. heres some act...

Trey Shaw · Trey Shaw

Hey Everyone, Just wanted to show you the Fenwick 1689 that I am restoring. P.S. I'm think'in of adding a little more black on the guides and a shorting the white a little.

Rusty Byrley · Rusty Byrley

My contribution for the Tuna Rod. A retired USAF B Wing mechanic up here has an Epilog Laser and engraved these for me at minimal cost. Also told me that he would gladly do it again for the RFS prgram for even less if any are interested.

Bennie Beuhler · Bennie Beuhler

these are some rods i built for wife, darter-in-law, and me. they all have been counter balanced for sensitivety. the two that are matching ftu 10 dollar blank are both spiriled wrapped with one having micros and the other having standard guides. the other rod is a 6' cui rod with fly rod guides. i f...

Bennie Beuhler · Bennie Beuhler

this rod is an amp 843 and i have redone the butt wrap so that it can be raffled off for a benefit. the rod is going to be raffle at a national match skeet shoot.,,,,,bennie

Peter Barrett · Peter Barrett

just happen to find this forum and i see that it has lots of great info.. i think its great on how theres so much info on rod building and how you guys break it down!! my name is peter barrett i am a rod builder out of florida.. i build lots of rods of every type, but mostly do some big game rods for shark fishing...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	1389 Fenwick surf rod (Preview) i just finished this 1389 fenwick surf rod.... hope you like it....	jeff wilbanks	0	4239	Aug 9, 2012 by jeff wilbanks
	MADIGRA THEME WITH GUITARS (Preview) THIS IS A LITTLE 6'6" MED. ACT. ROD THAT WAS DONE FOR A CUSTOMER'S GRANDSON FOR CHRISTMAS.	Bennie Beuhler	5	2580	Nov 11, 2011 by Paul Lindsey
	green rod (Preview) this is a usa blank 843. the handle is custom made with layered burrel cork and sliced with foam inserts. it has micros with a # 6 stripper and a #6 fly guide as the transition guide. the rest are micros. the total guides are 7. it has all tiger wrap and a fuji split seat. i totally injoyed building it...	Bennie Beuhler	4	1945	Jul 23, 2011 by Terry Goode
	Custom Burl cork grip (Preview) Hey guys and gals, Sorry I haven't been on in a while.... been really busy with family and work. Hope all you guys and gals are doing well. Here is one of my last projects. My Unlce comissioned me to make this rod for him for a bass tournament he'll be fishing a Falcon Lake Aug 20th and 21st	Trey Shaw	10	2367	Jul 15, 2011 by Bennie Beuhler
	square and compass off shore rod (Preview) this one took a little while the square which is white i tryed to put measurement lines and it didnot fare so well, but "i will be bock" i have to do some alteration to my jig so that i can accomodate more threads. i have all the stuff to do it, but when will i fine the time................be...	Bennie Beuhler	3	1976	Jul 8, 2011 by Bennie Beuhler
	the slugger (Preview) grandnephews rod. it has a little marbling work with some thread work. the guide are micros and the seat is a fuji palmming seat. the cork behind the seat has some burn work on it...............bennie -- Edited by Bennie Beuhler on Tuesday 5th of July 2011 04:58:20 PM -- Edited by Bennie Beuhler on Tues...	Bennie Beuhler	5	2029	Jul 8, 2011 by Bennie Beuhler
	Snake Skin Jigging Rod (Preview) Snake Skin jigging rod for my nephew. Made it a few months ago but just now getting a picture of it.	Mark Sosebee	7	2307	Jul 7, 2011 by Doug Williams
	Spiral Bass Rod with Abalone (Preview) First try at Abalone and it worked great. I will definitely use it again. I hope the user likes red because there is a lot of it on this rod. The blank is FTU-8MB783 with spiral wrapped Fuji 3.5 guides. The exposed part of the blank in the reel seat also got wrapped in a piece of Abalone. As par pictures are...	Mark Sosebee	7	2460	Jul 6, 2011 by Bennie Beuhler
	PEARL ROD (Preview) this rod has been painted with pearl blue over silver and blue, blue over that. it has some tiger with some inlayed custom grips.	Bennie Beuhler	3	1994	Jul 2, 2011 by Terry Goode
	purple live bait stick (Preview) 7ft 20-50lb live bait rod .. very nice and clean, great rod to use light weight and very balanced.. [IMG]https://i869.photobucket.c...	Peter Barrett	0	1936	Jun 21, 2011 by Peter Barrett
	marbled shark rod (Preview) [img]https://i869.photobucket.com/albums/ab252/reel...	Peter Barrett	1	2181	Jun 20, 2011 by Doug Williams
	set of shark sticks (Preview) [img]https://i869.photobucket.com/albums/ab252/re...	Peter Barrett	3	1994	Jun 17, 2011 by Peter Barrett
	the red rocket (Preview) heres a st croix that i just finished up.. fuji kwag guides 8ft 8-17lb..split grip very nice rod feels great!! [IMG]https:...	Peter Barrett	4	2157	Jun 7, 2011 by Doug Williams
	the white boy project (Preview) THIS IS A X-MAS ROD I BUILT FOR MY DAD..I MADE IT MATCH HIS CHOPPER THAT HE RIDES.I PUT SOME PICS OF THE BIKE AT THE END SO YOU COUD SEE WHERE I WAS HEADED WITH THIS ROD.. ANY WAY ITS A JIGGING ROD FOR HIM WHEN HE FISHS TUNA OR BIG AMBERJACKS OR WHAT EVER HE WANTS TO DO WITH IT. ITS A SPLIT GRIP RAINSHADOW BLANK WITH...	Peter Barrett	6	3699	May 24, 2011 by Bennie Beuhler
	abalone live baiter (Preview) just finished up this sucker.. 7ft fast action live bait.. on a blackfin blank ,fujis,alumium reel seat and gimble.. also some obalone thrown in the mix. great rod for sails or dolphin..even some king fish rod is for sale if any one is interested -- Edited by Peter Barrett on Tuesday 19th of April 20...	Peter Barrett	2	2938	Apr 20, 2011 by Peter Barrett
	LMB 864 (Preview) customer came in with some work for me to repair and he seen the custom work i was doing. he ask me if i could build a rod that would be longer than 7' and he could through 1/2 to 1oz jig some distance so he could swim them in to 8-15' of water. i look through my inventory and found this lamiglas lmb864 which t...	Bennie Beuhler	4	2788	Apr 19, 2011 by Greg Vella
	PEARL ROD (Preview) i had always wanted to paint a rod, but never got around to it. i have been talking to terry at ftu in houston about doing one , who is an expert, and he give me some pointer on using clears and pearl paints. so this is my first one. the customer didnot want any stickers, but i told her that my blank writing skil...	Bennie Beuhler	1	2341	Apr 17, 2011 by Doug Williams
	new shop and new rod!!! (Preview) i built a new shop because my girl friend was sick of me building in my bed room and i was sick of her sleep in my work area,,, so i built a 12x 20 shop.. check it out still need some final touchs but im ready to start building again ... also here a kinfish live bait rod that i just finished.. very simple thread w...	Peter Barrett	3	4310	Apr 15, 2011 by Greg Vella
	cowboy's rod (Preview) this is a little spinning rod i made for a guy who likes fishing the creek for bass and perch. it is one of those silver blanks that i bought at ftu. it is one of those that every once and a while u thank u hit a homerun on. u know everything just fell into place.	Bennie Beuhler	8	2254	Apr 8, 2011 by Peter Barrett
	We have snakes in the house! (Preview) This customer asked if I could find a ratttlesnake skin to put in the seperate grip section of a 7 foot X-Heavy bass rod. So, I did my best, but found out after I had put it on, that it was not a rattlesnake, but rather a copperhead. The customer liked it, despite it not being the type of snake that warns you, b...	Greg Vella	4	1951	Mar 29, 2011 by Greg Vella
	72 X-Hvy Swimbait Rod, done with a 1977 style Downwrap Spiral Guide System (Preview) Swimbait rod for a Navy dewd. Reel seat carbon K-1 locking nut made by Capt. G. Bullard thread, and Minerals used for guide and decorative wraps.	Greg Vella	9	2291	Mar 25, 2011 by Terry Jones
	stand up calstar (Preview) heres a tuna rod i built for a customer.. 60-unlimited calstar, aluminum butt ,start rollers... beast..	Peter Barrett	6	2511	Mar 7, 2011 by Peter Barrett
	blacktip challenge rods (Preview) i built these rods for the prizes at the blacktip challenge.. i had 5 days to build them and also had to fish the tourny.. i would have liked to do something a little nicer but with the short amount of time thats what i could do..there not perfect but they should catch some fish!! blackfin donated the blank...	Peter Barrett	8	2576	Mar 6, 2011 by Jeremy Wagner
	Bass setup with a spiral micro setup (Preview) Here is a Mag Bass rod setup with micros. The blank is an FTU IM8-MB843.The micro guides are the Fuji TLSG 3.5. The guides are wrapped in Royal Blue with Metallic silver bands. The cross wrap is done with Metallic Silver, Metallic Royal Blue and black background. Sorry the pictures are not the best. I co...	Mark Sosebee	7	2319	Feb 25, 2011 by Terry Goode
	acid wrapped shark rod and the proof (Preview) i needed to build a rod that would be ruff and tuff,something i could not be afraid of getting dirty and scratched up..i know that it will be abused and have some big fish to pull on... so i had a blackfin blank and some cheap guides and other parts so i threw this one together for this weekend. heres some act...	Peter Barrett	6	2826	Jan 12, 2011 by Pat Helton
	Restoring a Fenwick 1689 (Preview) Hey Everyone, Just wanted to show you the Fenwick 1689 that I am restoring. P.S. I'm think'in of adding a little more black on the guides and a shorting the white a little.	Trey Shaw	3	3280	Dec 27, 2010 by Peter Barrett
	Laser Engraving (Preview) My contribution for the Tuna Rod. A retired USAF B Wing mechanic up here has an Epilog Laser and engraved these for me at minimal cost. Also told me that he would gladly do it again for the RFS prgram for even less if any are interested.	Rusty Byrley	8	2148	Dec 10, 2010 by Paul Lindsey
	old coon dogs x-mas rods (Preview) these are some rods i built for wife, darter-in-law, and me. they all have been counter balanced for sensitivety. the two that are matching ftu 10 dollar blank are both spiriled wrapped with one having micros and the other having standard guides. the other rod is a 6' cui rod with fly rod guides. i f...	Bennie Beuhler	4	1925	Nov 25, 2010 by Doug Williams
	skeet shooters rods (Preview) this rod is an amp 843 and i have redone the butt wrap so that it can be raffled off for a benefit. the rod is going to be raffle at a national match skeet shoot.,,,,,bennie	Bennie Beuhler	5	1925	Nov 22, 2010 by Peter Barrett
	newbie here just wanted to chip in.. 1st post shark rod... (Preview) just happen to find this forum and i see that it has lots of great info.. i think its great on how theres so much info on rod building and how you guys break it down!! my name is peter barrett i am a rod builder out of florida.. i build lots of rods of every type, but mostly do some big game rods for shark fishing...	Peter Barrett	3	1780	Nov 22, 2010 by Doug Williams
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