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During a recent series of posts I notice a few "Ice Rods" mentioned. Does anyone have a taper that you would be willing to share? I was hoping to check out a local bluegill pond later this winter. Thanks in Advance! (Steve Donaldson) You can see my ice rod taper on HEXROD. (Scott Grady) I've made several icefishing rods for panfish. A straight taper is just fine. Start with a tip dimension for a 4-wt (.060-.065) but make the taper to the grip quite steep (.006 per inch, or more). If you get a large fish on, there will be a lot of stress concentrated at the grip and you can easily break the rod at that point (I've done it). (Frank Stetzer, Hexrod, Taper Archive, Rodmakers Archive)
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