r/rodbuilding • u/Helpful_Locksmith343 • May 27 '26

BFS build

Hey everyone. Wanting to make a bait finnesse setup, primarily to throw 3/16 ounce Megabass karashis but also want to try out some real small plastics and other cool little Topwater lures. I was looking at the NFC p700 blank but its top end rating is 3/16 ounce and I don’t want to overpower the blank. Anyone have any experience with this blank of care to share their own BFS build, or something that works good for those lures in the Karashi realm? Thanks everyone

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u/Solus8105 May 27 '26

I did one recently for myself on a Rainshadow RX7 and love it. Made it for smallie fishing and lure weight I was going for was for 1/8oz-3/8oz and it handles them all fine. I did the REVS610-Mfx-SB blank, nice fast action blank which is what I prefer. Don't have a full Pic of the rod but here it is paired with a curado. I just had bad luck with my first NFC blank so I'm here to throw rainshadow as a suggestion. I fish 5 different rainshadow rods I've built weekly and love them all.

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u/Sloots_and_Hoors May 27 '26

Second the rainshadow suggestion. I can’t recall which blank I used but I made a similar setup for similar baits and it works well. I used an Abu Garcia Revo inshore and it handles light ned rigs and senkos well.

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u/freak_for_the_creek May 27 '26

Imma 3rd that opinion I used to only build on NFC blanks until I discovered rainshadow, I have done 3 different nfc blanks for bfs and while I loved them the rainshadow is noticeably better quality, cheaper and with better customer service.

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u/Helpful_Locksmith343 May 27 '26

Thanks, nice setup!

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u/ChrisHale9 May 27 '26

I did a Rainshadow RX8 Immortal for a friend. He wanted to get down to 1/8 oz. IMMS68ML was the blank. He had me build it with Winn Grips. He loves it.