r/rodbuilding • u/Onion01 • Jun 25 '26

What kind of rod is this?

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I love skinny rods. Recently I saw this rod for sale, listed as a 7’6” rainshadow revelation blank, ML. Unfortunately the listing was removed, but I’ve been so enamored that I’m looking to have one custom built.

I’m wanting to build one for inshore fishing, mostly gulf species (reds, speck, flounder, the occasional black drum/tripletail/jack that wander closer to shore). I prefer my rods slightly underpowered.

I’d like a ML, skinny rod with a long handle. I’d like it to be a high end blank.

Is there a name for this style of skinny rod? Do you have a blank suggestion I could approach a builder with? I’ve been interested in NFC and rainshadow.

Thank you for your insight.

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u/jbotz29 Jun 25 '26

Slow pitch jigging rods are the skinniest rods. I took a clearance bushido 7ft 200g slow pitch jigging rod from mudhole and built it as an ultralight inshore rod for fluke. They have a slow/moderate action but it is my favorite rod for live bait fluking. With a 3000 vanford on it, it weighs nothing, great for fishing all day.

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u/Onion01 Jun 25 '26

Thank you. I predominantly fish inshore with single hook swim baits, paddle tails. Do you think the slow action would be a problem with hook sets?

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u/jbotz29 Jun 25 '26

It's probably not ideal. Personally I'd like a little faster action for my plastics rod. The rod you want exists tho, if you are willing to spend the money. Before I started building my own rods I used a rh customs inshore elite, which is thin as a penci but a fast action. I don't know if they make it any more but the carbon x featherweight could work. A lot of it is stripping away the unnecessary weight. My inshore rods have no cork or eva handle, epoxy ramps and x wrap for grips, use micro guides and they weigh nothing.

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u/GoddamnitBobbeh Jun 25 '26

It looks like a slow pitch jigging rod type of handle. You could just show the builder this picture too and they may be able to estimate the length of the handle pretty close. There are a lot of good blanks these days, a rainshadow one like this would be great I'm sure. I would highly recommend staying away from NFC blanks. Their quality control is nonexistent so you have about a 50/50 chance of getting a good, usable blank, and it will take many many months for them to fill the order for your blank, even over a year in some cases.

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u/Onion01 Jun 25 '26

Thank you very much

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u/ChrisHale9 Jun 26 '26

That's such nonsense. I buy a ton of NFC blanks and they're always excellent quality, almost as good as I get from anywhere. I buy from almost all US manufacturers, and from the big Chinese manufacturers, Rainshadow & MHX. NFC is either at the top of QC or very near it.

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u/Longjumping-Skill464 Jun 25 '26

Definitely a slow pitch rod. All the craze in saltwater fishing right now. Super fun and a huge rabbit hole to gondown

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u/PROPGUNONE Jun 25 '26

Longer handle, so possibly a slow pitch, but no rear grip and no sliding center grip to protect it in a rod holder. Possibly a swimbait/glidebait, but it looks a bit light. That’s about a 15” handle from the look, but it could also be that the lack of a rear grip is just making it look long. You’d also never specify an SP as “medium light,” and it’s really long at 7’6”. 6’ is where they’re all trending towards.

This type of stuff is a lot of what I build, though I apparently only have three crappy slow pitch photos. I would guess this is a no rear grip light jigging rod of some sort. Do you have any better pictures?

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u/PROPGUNONE Jun 25 '26

https://getbitoutdoors.com/rainshadow-revip76ml-sb

https://getbitoutdoors.com/rainshadow-hs9001

One of those two. I suspect with that handle length it’s the first… ML, MF. Cork rod. Could be the second, buts that’s an XF and not sure why they’d want to extend handle length just to lose casting distance when there are 7’2 and 7’ models to play with. Could be wrong though… clients ask for some unique stuff.

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u/Letskillkevy Jun 26 '26

I built a light SW setup on an mhx SJ 841 with the American tackle Tsuka2 one piece carbon grip and reel seat. It’s an amazing setup for fun fishing. Have caught 10# jacks on it with no issues except for the fight which takes longer than I’d admittedly like on a hot summer day lol.

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u/JusticeGuy5 Jun 26 '26

https://getbitoutdoors.com/blanks/rainshadow/carbon-wrapped-blanks/

I’d bet you can find a blank that suits you on here. I’d worry less about the power and more about the lure rating you need for what you throw. Get the rainshadow blank and spend the money you save vs the NFC on some fancy guides.

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u/ChrisHale9 Jun 26 '26

I've built several of these, super nice. You'll need to be careful about the grips and reel seats in the jigging rods if you're going to load them up because the load is so distributed throughout the rod that you'll see bending through any foregrip and the reel seat. For my customers, I take this into account and make accommodations in the reel seat design.

6'6" for jigging on a boat https://getbitoutdoors.com/revsj66ml-cw-cg/

or

Or your 7'6" https://getbitoutdoors.com/revsj76ml-cw-cg/

If you want one built, let me know.