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One thing I did was made one out of an old rod and pvc pipe. A buddy showed me this technique. Not the healthiest of ideas because you have to heat pvc, but it was cheap and easy.

What I did was found an old rod (my neighbor was throwing a broken rod out), cut off everything except the handle and reel seat and then got a piece of light pvc. I forget if I JB welded the pvc onto the rod, or gooped it on, but it was on there good. Then I drilled a hole where the line would go into the pvc and smoothed it out with a dremel and sanded it smooth.

Then at the end, I heated up the pvc and flared out the end and then sanded it out smooth to mimic the promar rods, which I now own. Then just put your reel on and game on! I gave the other rod to a friend but he moved back east.

Like I said it isnt the healthiest or enviro concious thing to do, but as long as you heat it and do not burn the pvc you should be ok ( I think...I twitch a lot now). I wouldnt do schedule 80, look for the real light stuff ( I think the thin kind rated at PSIs ) as you would have to heat the crap out of the 80 and it would be super stiff.