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  Saltwater Fishing Tackle Videos

  2018, How To Make A Fishing Rod

  14:06  ·  Allen Winchel

  Custom rod building creates performance advantages through blank selection, spline orientation, and component configuration addressing specific applications. Allen Winchel, founder of Blackfin Rods, demonstrates the complete construction process, explaining why each decision from blank to final curing affects rod performance beyond what production manufacturing achieves.

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  Saltwater Fishing Tackle Videos

  2018, How to Clean Fishing Rods

  9:50  ·  Allen Winchel

  Tournament anglers maintain tackle meticulously because equipment failure costs placements and prize money. Allen Winchel's cleaning process takes minutes but prevents the guide corrosion, seized reel seats, and finish deterioration that force replacing expensive rods years before blanks actually fail from use.

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