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October 9, 2004 Four matches from Sedgwick County spent all day Saturday and all of Sunday afternoon, building their own spin casting fishing rods, thanks to Pass It On and the Custom Rod Builders Guild! This is the 4th rod building class that Neal Hall has taught for BBBS of Sedgwick County. Ron Walters has taught 6 classes in Wisconsin and Larry Thomas has taught a class in Fort Worth, TX. Classes are planned for Utica, NY, to be taught by Ray Mazza. 44 matches across the country have had a chance to build their own fishing rods! Hopefully, we'll see many more classes being scheduled across the country in the coming months! Everyone learned a great deal more about fishing rods than they probably thought there was to know! Did you know that a fishing rod has a spine? Did you know that there is really quite a bit of science that goes into positioning the guides along the rod? With the assistance of Neal, all of the participants found the spine of their rod, accurately positioned the line guides, and built some really nice looking spin casting rods! You can bet that those off-the-shelf rods in the retail stores aren't put together with the care and accuracy of these custom rods! As the session wrapped up, everyone was planning that first trip to the pond to see how the new rods will work! A special thanks goes out to Neal Hall and the Custom Rod Builders Guild for making this opportunity available to BBBS matches. We also want to thank St.Croix, Lamiglas, Batson Enterprises, Pacific Bay, Gudebrod, and Flexcoat for donating the components used in building these fishing rods. Support like this makes it possible for us to Pass It On! Special thanks also goes out to Eby Construction here in Wichita for building several sets of jigs, making it possible for more classes to be offered around the country. THANKS!
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