oh, right
So far, I've finished re - rigging a rod. Long ago, say 1986 and on for a few years, we fished the river for steelhead < lake run rainbow trout >. We had a cottage on a trout river. The gear can get fairly specialized and we accumulated fishing rods to suit the current trend.
Cottage is gone and we do't fish steelhead anymore. The result is that we have fishing rods called IM 6 graphite < high flexibility and strength > 9 and 1/2 foot noodle rods. Rods from 8 1/2 ft to 13 ft were considered the best. Thus, I have stored 5 such rods for 15 yrs or so.
The rods are high quality but too long for boat fishing < get in the way when not in use >. This past 2 days, I've cut down a 9 1/2 footer to 7 ' 9 '' in length. Part of the problem when you do a shortening modification is that the balance of the rod and reel combination is affected.
I made sure that balance was maintained. The other problem is guide placement and in this case size of the guide opening. I removed 2 existing guides and replaced the first guide < the biggest usually on the rod > w/ a larger diameter opening ( makes casting easier w/ a larger guide )
We'll try ou the newbie rod in 2 days.
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