Might be kind of neat to build a rod. I already am most of the way there as i have a rod wrapping station and a motorized turning station for the epoxy process.

I got tired of having to drive 1.5 hours to a shop to get eyelets fixed (saltwater fish are rough on eyelets) and have learned to wrap my own. Even though I like working with my hands I never felt any real desire to build either a boat or a rod. Seems like it would be a real source of pride though to paddle your own boat.