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Ford and Chevy both did that over 40 years ago.

I used the roll on version by Grizzly Grip. After 3 years of fishing and crabbing it has held up great. https://www.grizzlygrip.com/

Just sold my last boat and brought home another. Old Boat 16' 1984 Valco Bayrunner. Welded deep V center console. Gutted and completely redone with all new conduit, wire, switches, circuit breakers, volt gauge, horn, helm, steering wheel, bilge pump, LED navigation lights, glove box, tackle...

I got the fine texture Grizzly Grip and it doesn't have a lot of texture. It's fine on bare feet. If you want something more non skid I would go with the coarse.

Grizzly Grip. It's available in a lot of different colors as well as a course or fine grit. I used the fine and have been very happy with it. It's held up real well for three seasons of crabbing and fishing so far.

I am looking for an old Penn 450SS spinning reel. I'm not interested in the newer 4500SS rather I want an old aluminum frame 450SS. My son is starting to really get into salmon fishing and I would like to build him a matching rod to mine and get the same reel for it as I have on mine. Thanks...

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Thanks, I've probably made 50 or 60 rods. It really isn't that hard with a little practice. The main thing it takes is patience.

You won't save any money building your own versus buying a rod built on the same blank. The biggest advantage os that you can get exactly what you want. Length, action, handle material diameter etc. You pick everything from the model and color of blank to the type of grips and reel seat...

Here are a few rods I've built. 8 1/2' 2pc. spinning rod built on an All Star blank with Maple, Red Narra & Ebony grips 8 1/2' 2pc. casting rod on an All Star blank with cocobolo grips 7' 1pc. ultralight spinning rod on a Rainshadow blank with birch bark & Red Narra grips 7 1/2'...

The best source of online rodbuilding info can be found at https://rodbuilding.org/list.php?2 You don't have to have a drying motor. I did not have one for many years. You can simply hand turn your rod a 1/2 turn when the finish starts to sag. You will need to turn it every few minutes at...

My wife wasn't too happy about this spring when I was working on it but now that it's done and she's been out crabbing a few times she's changed her mind and decided it was money well spent.

Broken rods can almost always be repaired and if done right there will be very little change in the action. Here's a link to an article that explains in detail how to go about repairing a rod. https://www.rodbuilding.org/library/repair-oquinn.html

What's a boat loading dock? None of the places I fish have a dock.

My 01 Dodge diesel has a 35 gallon tank and diesels running $4.19 a gallon out here right now. 35 gallons X $4.19 per gallon = $146.65 A couple of years ago it hit $5.25 a gallon.