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Paul, that's for full length doublehander, the shorter ones rarely have long enough handles for such a wide grip. Another to look into is the original Andersson/underhand grip, two fingers on the bottom handle and two fingers on the lower half of the top handle.

Rick, great to hear it's working for you! :)

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Of course. But I'm thinking about Rick's shoulders. I don't think it particularly matters how long the grip is for casting but it might make a hell of a difference to the body.
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I agree, what I see is the wide the grip, the bigger the movements all around, with a narrower grip, the moves can be confined for normal casting distances.

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Right now, I'm thinking about building an interchangeable Butt. Maybe using an epoxied riv. nut, a threaded steel shaft, and a threaded ball. I believe I could cover the shaft with foam & tape, and try some different lengths (4",6",8", & maybe even longer), and try 2 or 3 different sizes of balls. When I find the right combination, I'll replace the foam with cork, and replace the ball with something fancy. I've always liked rosewood. :cool:

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Quite a challenge to make it strong after the rod has been built. There are plenty of reel seats available that would make this easy - which already have a screw in fighting butt. All you would need to here is screw in a longer butt. I don't know how easy it would be to change from what you have to one of these however (I think it could be quite hard actually) - but Trev would know. I have had reel seats fall off rods before so there is hope for this solution!

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I may be missing something here, but why not just get a switch rod?

The extra length will give you more linespeed vs an un-hauled modified 9ft-er, and the extra length may help keep the back-cast out of the boat.

There's a ton of stuff on fishing for stripers with DH/Switch rods (including from boats). Just because they are DH doesn't mean you have to Spey cast them.

An 11ft switch rod feels light as a feather - much lighter to move around than an 8wt/9wt 9ft-er single-handed IMO.

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Adapting an existing 9ft single hander could be messy.
On a lighter (vs 18' spey) rod you could go through the hassle of cutting the reel seat off and as Paul mentioned replace with a real seat designed for use with a removable screw in FB.
Personally I would probably build on an old piece of blank that fitted snuggly into the butt section (butt cap/fb removed)
build the cork onto that and epoxy the section in place.

I would really look at a switch rod though Rick. Great for the type of fishing you're doing. I have a CTS Affinity X 11' 8wt and throw 7-8wt Outbounds on it with very little effort...

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I'm pretty "Old School". :(
1. Think about it 3 times. :closedeyes:
2. Measure twice. :???:
3. Cut 1 once. :cool:

I've only been thinking about it for a week, so I've got at least 2 more weeks to go, before I start rounding the parts.

I might just borrow a switch rod and try casting it in the front yard before I make up my mind. :cool:

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Personally I would probably build on an old piece of blank that fitted snuggly into the butt section
I thought about that too. Would it be strong enough? It would certainly bend I think.

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Paul Arden wrote:
Personally I would probably build on an old piece of blank that fitted snuggly into the butt section
I thought about that too. Would it be strong enough? It would certainly bend I think.

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I think it would depend on the piece of scrap blank you chose Paul, If its at least as stiff as the butt section you should be good. don't all double handers have blanks under the cork lower grip?

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