37kg Bent butt

[pedro473]

Hi all,

With the blue marlin season just around the corner here on the east coast I thought it was time to build myself a new 37kg bent butt. The threads on this web site here convinced me to go with a purple and gold theme. Cant wait to get it out there and slay a few big blues.

Cheers
Pedro
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[sid_fishes]

mate, its looks good. what rollers did you use?

[pedro473]

mate, its looks good. what rollers did you use?

G'day Sid,

Mate they are the ALPS RX rollers and I love them, they are light and robust and they look pretty good as well.

Cheers
Pedro

[Willo]

Great lookin Build there pedro
What Blank is it...?
Diffinately liking Metalics in Tigers...

[pedro473]

Thanks Willo,

Blank is the trusty old live fibre XO 55

[trout head]

That is one sweet looking rod .

[Owen]

Very nice indeed!

[Daintreeboy]

Another awesome job mate!

[BARICK]

Damn fine job there mate.
How long did it take to build?
Love the look of the those ALPS guides. They're like the Winthrop Tools guides.

[RFARREN]

Pedro that looks sweet mate
The guides are on backwards compared to other rods I have seen with those style guides ?
I spose it wouldn't matter as long as the roller is in the same spot
But it looks Awsome
I might try some marbling one day

[pedro473]

Pedro that looks sweet mate
The guides are on backwards compared to other rods I have seen with those style guides ?
I spose it wouldn't matter as long as the roller is in the same spot
But it looks Awsome
I might try some marbling one day

Yep I had this discussion with Bill Havens in the states over the Alps rollers and he swears that the way I have put them on is correct, I have built another 37kg bent butt with the guides on the " correct way" (oppsite to the above) but if you have a good look at the stripper the line is better coming under the first roller and then over the top of the second roller

Cheers
Pedro

[Mark Fisher]

Beautiful job all round Pedro!

[Willo]

Yep I had this discussion with Bill Havens in the states over the Alps rollers and he swears that the way I have put them on is correct, I have built another 37kg bent butt with the guides on the " correct way" (oppsite to the above) but if you have a good look at the stripper the line is better coming under the first roller and then over the top of the second roller

Cheers
Pedro

Yeh Pedro...Some interesting reading on the way the stripper guide is placed....I can see then reasoning behind both ways .....
But aestacilly this way looks the best