Son's new rod

Kudos to the designer, as well as the builder! Sweet looking rig.

Really cool Mick!! I would have used a smaller bumper guide though if possible.(I bet you need to pass a shock leader. Right?
Sounds like your going to have a partner soon! (aiming for your head spot too!)
You'd better stay on your toes.

Thanks Jerry. I made a couple of boo boos, but he loves it.


Thanks Ray, the bumper is a size 5, how much smaller you want it to go? No shock leaders used for crappie out here! hahahah. He's already informed me that this winter he wants to try making his own without help and is looking forward to it. He has better ideas than I do so I'll be working for him soon!

LOL!! Man I keep stepping on myself! First I mention a crack that I think I see in another photo post (guess what, NO crack!) and now this. Shoot! Sorry Mick! The rod appeard to me to be much larger then a brim rod.

Very stylish rod all round Mick. I like the colour combo and the design.

Nice job tying in the Camo grips with the wrap & guide wraps. Double nice job on the diamonds over each guide wrap. This is the first rod I've seen pics of with CAmo grips which I actually liked.

Mick, the two of you came up with a fantastic rod both of you'll always remember. Good job for the two of you, three counting Mrs.Mick.

Great Job, Mick!!!!! You should be proud of him!

Not your fault, Ray. You SW guys always think a rod looks bigger than it really is... Thanks guys, wish I could take any credit at all but it was all him. I offered a couple of suggestions here and there, but he was hard set in every detail that he came up with. He even went to JoAnns and picked out the thread (Sulky metallic blue and silver). Billy, I was very impressed with this camo pattern too (mudhole's deep water pattern). Not garish at all. I liked his idea of diamonds over the wraps too. PITA to do, but a pretty cool look.

Mick - Pass on to the designer that the honorable crappie, white perch has a lot of names. Down here in the swamps of Louisiana we call that fishy a "sacalait" which means "flesh as white as milk". Any one of our sacalait would feel honored to be caught by THAT rod! Be sure to get him a reel that will match the class and allow him to reel the beautiful fish all the way to the boat non stop. We have to get em in quick down here because Clyde likes them too! Find a way to get him down here and we will head off into the marsh real early one morning n try to load de boat!


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