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Old 07-07-2010, 05:47 PM   #1
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homemade sabiki rod lol

ok so after seeing someone who made one out of pvc, i decided to give it a try.....lol.....it worked out well. i could not see giving up 60$ for a on use rod. take a look, kinda cool. what do you think?



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Old 07-07-2010, 06:58 PM   #2
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That is a great little deal there.
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Old 07-07-2010, 08:54 PM   #3
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Looks nice.
What have you done to prevent line fraying?
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Old 07-08-2010, 03:22 AM   #4
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Looks good. I think it will be great for bait, but if you hook in to a big fish you have a greater chance of losing it. You would be better off using a good pole/reel with SS snap swivel that can be changed quickly from bait to live bait quickly. Any way I still like your setup for bait. Good job.
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Old 07-08-2010, 09:14 AM   #5
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Looks pretty good. I would suggest a couple inches of surgical tubing gooped/epoxied to where the line enters the tube from the reel. This will smoothe the transition & prevent line damage
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Old 07-08-2010, 10:32 AM   #6
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Looks pretty good. I would suggest a couple inches of surgical tubing gooped/epoxied to where the line enters the tube from the reel. This will smoothe the transition & prevent line damage
You could use part of a metal pen as a guide too.
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Old 07-08-2010, 12:07 PM   #7
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I've made 2 of these and they work fine. Quick and easy and cheap.

No need to put in any surgical tubing where the line exits the tubing and goes to the reel. You just need to melt and round the opening like you did at the top. That's the easiest fix.

My biggest issue with my pvc sabikis is that after 1 full sabiki with some strong macs on there, you'll cut a groove into the plastic with your mono. Undoubtedly, the mono will forever find that groove and will wedge itself in there nearly every time you drop your sabiki making it really a pain to retrieve your line. Possible fixes for this would be to throw some sort of heavy duty tape around the inner part of end of the rod or better yet, find/make something metal that fits right in there. I went with the "i'm too lazy" approach and would just use the pvc sabiki stick at different angles to keep the line from diving in the grooves. Eventually you end up with grooves around the entire thing and thus need to make a new tube. I got tired of this after the second one and just use an extra rod and reel as my sabiki stick. I like it much better.

Plus, as others have mentioned, there is almost zero chance of you landing a fish of substantial size on that thing. I hooked up on a few yellowtail with mine and it was more comedic than fun.
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Old 07-09-2010, 12:09 PM   #8
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homemade sabiki rod lol

Nice job!!!! where were you when I needed to get one? LOL Have fun in LJ this week end.
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Old 07-09-2010, 04:48 PM   #9
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Nice job!!!! where were you when I needed to get one? LOL Have fun in LJ this week end.

thanks man i hope to get some meat for the BBQ.......man i am hungry
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Old 07-09-2010, 05:28 PM   #10
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Why not just use a cheapo rod, maybe 12-30 lb. rating ???
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Old 07-09-2010, 05:58 PM   #11
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Why not just use a cheapo rod, maybe 12-30 lb. rating ???
i had noting better to do........so why not?
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