I have had two Daiwa Tierra rods for ages, one O/H, one spin, they have great blanks and nice reel seats and guides, but the butts are too short and they are a pain to fish with.

Rainy days means no fishing so I got out in the shed today and bastardised a few rods and made up some extensions......whilst not the prettiest outcome, the rods are now the perfect length and strong as an ox.

Connected the butt extensions to the rods with internal ferrules made from cut up old rods, just drilled out either end to suit the ferrules and epoxied them in.

Total cost $8 for some epoxy. Happy days.

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