Black Hole Giant Blank Build - Preview Part 1

Backbone with Balance (pulsing deep cobalt blue)
Part 2, Seat - Guides - Placement here... 
 
If there were a few good rods ready to take on true beast of the blue then this is one of them.  I'm not talking about the ones we see caught every season, I'm talking about the ones we see once or twice a generation.  Can we put the expectations of such achievement on one name, one style, one method, or one rod?  Certainly not, but if I have been blessed to fight that one fish and have the odds live up to my grit and determination, I will be more than humbled to put in my efforts in order to defeat the beast and win the fight.

That being said, this blank is proven in Prince Edward Island's North Lake along with off the near shores of Cape Cod in Massachusetts. 

Welcome the Blackhole Big Game Blank:

"Giant" Blank Specifications:

Composition: Nano-Carbon Graphite
Length: 6'
Weight: 11 ounces
Butt ID/OD: 19mm/22mm
Tip: 4mm

Jig weight: 1000-2000g
Max Jig weight: 2500g
PE line rating: 12-25

 With comparison to Blackhole 78N Butt diameter:

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I am building this rod and came up with a few concerns.

Seat:
Can I still use Fuji DPS-LD20 with #40+ of drag or should I be recommended the Fuji Deluxe Heavy Duty BPS20 or all graphite DPSH20?
I see Kil has posted regarding graphite over aluminum reel seats with this particular blank so metal is not an option.

Guides:
Any layout for the Fuji HBNG? Is this what you can recommend as it's SIN II or should use a certain SIC guide layout?
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Deciding on which "giant fish" I want to target and where they live is getting difficult, I may need two blanks to fish with

I am deciding between pure stand up layout or keeping the longer rear grip and full length at 6' for a deep drop rod.

After getting some help on the topic I decided to use ring guides over roller.

Also decided on size 22 Fuji graphite seat over a size 20. After sliding a 20 seat on the blank around 12" from the butt, the ID clearance is less then 1/8". The last thing I want to do is have contact with the blank.
This isn't a light inshore surf rod from the 80's :-)

Next is deciding on acid wrap or traditional.

Jigstar Custom Foam Handles - Kojak and Chris tune up EVA

How many times have you thought to yourself that being creative and an artist make you obligated to taking bare bones supplies and tuning them up into the utmost selection of art?

I've determined that Jigstar ingeniously designs the finest grinded EVA foam foregrip for custom builders that doesn't include you investing in a sander or band saw.

Someday I wish to have hypalon in dark blue or blood red as an option for these carved out beauties but for today we have firm & semi-firm EVA from New Zealand.

Cheers ChrisW and the crew at Jigstar.




BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !

Custom Seeker Hercules GTS70L (Inshore Lite Spinning) - Jigging Rod

Introducing Seeker Hercules Inshore Jigger

Specification(s):

Blank: S-Glass composite
Line: 15-30lb
Weight: 1-10oz. (cut tip 1.5", cut butt 8" - handles up to 12oz sinker)
Length: 6'3"
Cut Blank weight after cutting: 4.48oz.

Tip: 10 tip, 9 tube
Guides: BKWAG 25-20, BMNAG 16-12-10-8
Grip: Double surf tape fore+shrink, single surf tape rear+shrink
Seat: Fuji DPS-LD20 (B)
Grommet: Matagi LD (B)
Butt: PacBay

 

Foregrip Design - Split & Extended, EVA and Shrink Tube/Wrap

Since keeping simple sometimes coincides with "use-specific" rod grip design here is an example of something a foregrip can have so when jigging a spinning setup your handle is on the EVA.
However when fighting a fish you can extend your hand forward on the rod for more leverage and still have a good "grip".

Shimano has a split EVA (2-sections) setup on some of their production Terez spinning rods.
This is a small EVA + Extended Shrink Tube layout.

Cheers

Fuji Trimmed Butt Cap - Surf Grip or Reel Seat Spacers

As testes the Fuji GRC-25 fits flush against the DPS-LD 20 seat. Both pieces have and OD of 20mm so the trimmed section of the cap can be used as a "grommet" or "spacer" or "trim" on both top and bottom of the reel seat when designing a surf rod type build.

See the following sketch: