Rod Building – 10 ft. 4wt. Nymph-Rod

After a year, I build a new rod. This time for nymph fishing using a Quickline blank from PacBay.

Materials:

  • Reel seat: Alps RA701
  • Handle: made from 6mm cork discs
  • Winding Check: TAC Titan
  • Stripping Guide: PacBay SIC Ring N Bright – NSG12 / ID=8,3mm
  • Guides: Recoil Single Foot
  • Tip Top: Hardchrome Pacbay
  • Thread: Fuji Ultra A in schwarz
  • Metallic thread: ProWrap Metallic Ice Blue und Gun Smoke
  • Finish: CMW
  • Glue: UHU Endfest 300

I made some pictures of the building process and the finished rod.

The finished rod: