I'm looking forward to Hamish's rod. I'm sure (despite trying to get me to do it for him) that it will better than it would have been if it had come out of a factory 
Ben
I have never built a rod up before so would not presume to suggest that anything I can produce with hands like shovels can, in any way, compete in terms of build quality with a rod finished by a Korean racing snake or an American geriatric stimulated by cocaine and caffeine. Our resident casting monkey has decreed that he's not going to make my rod up as (apparently) I'm a difficult customer. Tosh, I just expect high standards on high priced products from folk who make rods for a living.
So yes folks it is true, I am going to be building a rod and no, I'm not expecting it to be of terribly high build quality. However, it will still be better than
some rods out of
some factories.....
Will it be better built than the factory it should have come out of
Let's wait and see
(Probably not
but at least it will be
my rod)
H
