Steeldrifter 0 Report post Posted February 16, 2018 9ft 9wt 4pc IM8 custom rod for pike & bass just out of the drying cabinet this morning. This one has a braided seat with wood insert, burl corks grip & butt, dual stripper guides, snake running guides, dark green main wraps with gold metallic trim on the sage green blank with some gold spiraling trim work as well as a Kigan hood keeper. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hazathor 0 Report post Posted February 16, 2018 That reel seat is B.A.! Great work as always, Steve. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikechell 0 Report post Posted February 16, 2018 Plus 1 on the reel seat! That's cool !!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steeldrifter 0 Report post Posted February 16, 2018 Yeah the window and braided style seats are pretty neat. They give both a hi-tec look as well as a classic wood look. Somewhat best of both worlds. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Piker20 0 Report post Posted February 16, 2018 Agree with all above. I love green gold wraps too. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dave G. 0 Report post Posted February 16, 2018 Hey Steve, you should turn Pro and go into business doing this stuff !! On a serious note, Awesome ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kinni 0 Report post Posted February 18, 2018 Looks great and I agree, being from Packerland, the green and gold combination is sweet! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bimini15 0 Report post Posted February 18, 2018 Side question on IM8 rods: How good would a 10ft 8wt IM8 be for two handed casting? (Thinking beaches where there is no practical room for back cast) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steeldrifter 0 Report post Posted February 18, 2018 Only difference in IM is weight.IM stands for intermedius modulus(may be spelled wrong its late lol) but what IM higher means is lighter weight. So most times a IM8 is lighter than an IM6 etc. So a longer 10ft rod, an IM8 woul;d work better than an IM 6 because lighter over all weight. Then agin when you really get into it....IM is wall thickness, so hard to compare IM8 to IM6 but it gets dicy. For the most part though higher IM is lighter most times. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vicente 0 Report post Posted February 18, 2018 I have a 10 ft im12 that steel drifter made made for me on an anglers roost blank I love the rod I believe you could do some two handed casting with it but I would be cautious about really loadingit up and going for max distance with both hands. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kudu 0 Report post Posted February 18, 2018 👍 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dave G. 0 Report post Posted February 19, 2018 Side question on IM8 rods: How good would a 10ft 8wt IM8 be for two handed casting? (Thinking beaches where there is no practical room for back cast) I think the problem here might be finding a 10 ft 8 wt spey blank, maybe a switch blank. At that I'm about to start a switch iM6 in 4/5 and it's 11 ft. as I recall. Edit: Incidentally, I'm building that for beach pools in a river I go to in Maine and for local ponds where back cast room is limited to none. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites