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Carbon Fiber Slant Bridge Tribute

Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 11:12 am
by ipoppa33
Here is one I've been thinking about building for a few years and I finally got around to building it. A very nice guy traded me a broken Megabass slant bridge that I based this off of (thank you). I made mine out of Carbon Fiber. I used a North Fork HM blank, Fuji ACS reel seat which I cut down. The handle is very comfortable and really shines when fighting a fish.



Thanks.

Re: Carbon Fiber Slant Bridge Tribute

Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 11:46 am
by muskyhunter
awesome design...love it.

Re: Carbon Fiber Slant Bridge Tribute

Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 4:26 pm
by falcon
Not my cup of tea but love the craftsmanship

Re: Carbon Fiber Slant Bridge Tribute

Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 5:52 pm
by RGMatt
looks cool.. nice work.......it's the first slant bridge I ever thought looked cool BTW

Re: Carbon Fiber Slant Bridge Tribute

Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2012 7:00 am
by ipoppa33
Thanks, I appreciate the nice words.

Re: Carbon Fiber Slant Bridge Tribute

Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2012 6:48 pm
by dragon1
Hello Stan,

Are you still building rods?

Re: Carbon Fiber Slant Bridge Tribute

Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2012 8:39 am
by ipoppa33
dragon1 wrote:Hello Stan,

Are you still building rods?
Hi Van, yup still building.
I need to do more picture taking and website updating, but I still manage to get some rods out the door.

Thanks.

Re: Carbon Fiber Slant Bridge Tribute

Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2012 6:10 pm
by dragon1
ipoppa33 wrote:
dragon1 wrote:Hello Stan,

Are you still building rods?
Hi Van, yup still building.
I need to do more picture taking and website updating, but I still manage to get some rods out the door.

Thanks.
That's great to hear...the custom SCV Gen 1 7'0" MLF that I bought from you a couple of years ago is still going strong and is one of my all-time favorite spinning rods. Thanks again!

Re: Carbon Fiber Slant Bridge Tribute

Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2012 10:11 am
by ipoppa33
I'm glad the rod is working out for you, they are awesome blanks. Heck I'm still using a couple of the old green Leggend Elites full time, they have to be pushing 10 years old.

Re: Carbon Fiber Slant Bridge Tribute

Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 4:35 pm
by dragon1
The old Green LEs were a little more prone to breakage than the ones with IPC and reinforced resin, etc....but the one I still have has been very good to me and has handled bass upwards of 4lbs, trout up to 6lbs and snagged carp over 12lbs.

I have also casted 1/2oz spinnerbaits with the 7'0" ML, Sammy 100s, and 1/2 oz lipless and bladebaits. While these baits were not in the "comfort" zone for this blank, the backbone was more than adequate for handling them.

Read ya on the board otherwise Stan.

Re: Carbon Fiber Slant Bridge Tribute

Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2012 1:09 pm
by Fish 30acre
love the custom slant bridge. I'm still trying to figure out how i want to do one...

Re: Carbon Fiber Slant Bridge Tribute

Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2012 7:34 pm
by ipoppa33
Thanks for the nice words.

Re: Carbon Fiber Slant Bridge Tribute

Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 5:56 am
by mcm83
nice!
im in the process of trying to figure out how to put one together for myself

Re: Carbon Fiber Slant Bridge Tribute

Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2013 11:19 pm
by Mcyl
Can you please repost the pic? It's not showing up anymore!

Thx

Re: Carbon Fiber Slant Bridge Tribute

Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2013 1:57 am
by ipoppa33
Sorry don't know where the pic went. Hopefully you can see them now.

Thanks.
Stan