Adding wood handle to Tidewater 66 Rod, advice?

[utwalleye]

you are going to take the reel seat off, right ?? just checking, it's just the way you said your not going to touch the reel seat. this sounds like a fun project, making a rod handle out of some real nice cherry wood would be cool. don't think I would use it to walleye jig fish, that already tears my shoulder up with a super light rod as it is. maybe trolling where I could put it in a holder.
what kind of wood are you using ??
later chuck
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