I need advise on building a bass rod on a MHX- MB843. I normally build musky and walleye rods and my question is how long a rear handle to build on split grip from butt to rear of reel seat. My gut feeling is 14" but I like longer butt handles. Just would appreciate some feed back from you bass guys.Thanks in advance.

Jeff Leonard

Muskyfsh

Jeff,
If you look at the Mud Hole web site; they sell this rod as a kit:

[www.mudhole.com]

Give Todd a call at Mud hole and ask him the dimensions on this handle kit.

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If it was my rod, I would make the rear grip at 14 inches like you would. However, I expect that others might have different opinions.

One thing is that with the 14 inch rear grip you should have a perfectly balanced rod that would work really well.

Be safe

Thanks Roger I appreciate your input, I agree nothing less than 14".

Muskyfsh

I personally bass fish with 12" to 14" grips on my rods but i believe the typical 7' bass rod would be in the 10" to 12" range.

I've built several of those. I like the balance and feel of 10.5" to rear edge of reel seat.

Joel and Rick,thanks for your input much appreciated.

Jeff Leonard

Muskyfsh

I like 10.5" on a bass jig rod, and 12" on a crank rod. Some tourney guys prefer shorter grips to avoid clothing interference during the battle. We're talking about the rear grip length - back of the seat to end of butt. Doesn't matter if it's a split grip or not.

14" is really long. I did 14" on musky rods.

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Rick Jones Wrote:
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> I've built several of those. I like the balance
> and feel of 10.5" to rear edge of reel seat.

Ditto!

Don Campbell
don@sensorfishingrods.com

Whether it's cork or split grip I measure from the center of the reel seat to within 2 inches of the persons elbow. That seems to give enough handle to use a 2 handed casting method if desired and also enough length to lever the rod against the forearm if it is a large fish. Depending on the size of the person, that can vary the length.

Sandy,

I will look into your method and that may really suit my need. Thank you to everyone that has responded to this post, I will take into consideration all the advice given and make my decision from the general rule. Much appreciated that is what this site is all about.

Jeff Leonard

Muskyfsh