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Ice Rod - Honkin - 12-28-2018
Who builds the short jigging rods fore the Gorge?
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Re: [Honkin] Ice Rod - muirco - 12-28-2018
How short? And what are you going for? Lakers, burbot, koks? Custom rods or main manufacturer's? Custom, jim William's now outsources his to a guy in Idaho I think he said on another post. 45" custom lake trout rod. I own 3 of jim Williams rods. Thorn bros makes a variety of lengths up to 48" for lakers. I use a dave gentz 36" split handle MH gor bubot. There are a ton of laker ice rods out there. [fishon]
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Re: [Honkin] Ice Rod - utwalleye - 12-29-2018
I can build you one, take a look at the rod building board and you can see some of my work. I’ve been building rods for over 30 years now.
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Re: [Honkin] Ice Rod - RockyRaab - 12-29-2018
Remember: Unless you're fishing inside a shack, your summer rod will work.
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Re: [RockyRaab] Ice Rod - catchinon - 12-30-2018
Good point. I often use a 4'6" ultralight for other fish. Not saying it's ideal for macks but the length works fine on the ice.
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Re: [Honkin] Ice Rod - nofish2 - 12-31-2018
I also build mack jigging rods they are about 50" long and will handle anything from the Gorge. I spiral wrap the guides and build on a upper end blank.
I live in the Ogden area and would be happy to show them to you.
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