Hi Guy's
Having fished 7ft carbon thinking they were short then dropping to 5'9" commercial fiberglass being scared of wasting a couple of hundred £'s
i was delighted to discover it opened up water that was previously ”impossible " to fish, places in convinced had NEVER been fished !
Building my one piece 5ft 4/5wt not only taught me a vast amount about rod building cast testing etc but also further that these tiny and yes specialised limited use fly rods are priceless in the right locations.
My mate calls it ”Jungle fishing", chest waders climbing down into overgrown streams,burns,creeks so exciting and impossible without the right tool. A tool that's pretty much useless and unpleasant to use on larger waters.
If you can fish it with a 7ft or 6'3" then your waters too big
Measured the section tonight it lends itself to a 4'4" one piece i was thinking of a two piece but I like the robustness of a one piece .
Now going to cast it with a few different line weights to get an idea reckon 3wt-5wt but have a feeling it will be a 4wt ??
Then going to strip off the lined framed top tip, the heavy cradle type guides figure REC Recoil guides will transform it........
Trouble is I've got two Kabutos on my bench right now but this little project has me really excited looking at the potential in this old broken tip section which will hopefully be my first sub 5ft fly rod
Stephen