making ice rods

[76k20]

I was at cabelas buying power pro ice and noticed in the bargain cave they have a bucket full of what appear to be broken rod ends, has anyone ever picked up a cork or carbon handle/seat and made an ice rod this way? some looked like some pretty nice graphite rod ends but I have never built a rod and i am unsure if the taper would be a problem or if they are damaged farther up from where they fractured. But I found handles online for 10 bucks and the rods were only a couple bucks. 15 bucks seems cheap for a nice graphite.

What do you guys think?

[HideHunter]

It would definitely work if you're just looking for something to do, but the beauty of the 'new wave' of ice rods is that a 24" rod is tapered to perform like a 6 footer. And , I'm sitting here looking at nearly $200 worth of rods (5)I bought in the off-season for less than 50 bucks.