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MHX S-Glass Rod Blanks

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About MHX

MHX rod building blanks are the culmination of decades of combined experience in fishing rod manufacturing, custom rod building and fishing. Incorporating a series of advanced material & manufacturing techniques, application-specific designs, and warranty innovations, MHX has become the benchmark for quality and performance.

Limited Lifetime Warranty

If it is determined that your blank is within the designated warranty period and failed due to a defect in material or workmanship your rod blank will be replaced for the warranty service fee which includes Shipping/handling.

These warranties are limited to the repair or replacement of the rod blank and does not cover rod components.

MHX S-Glass Blanks

MHX has updated the traditional S-Glass woven fabric and incorporated a new hardened resin system, while also updating the finish to a translucent caramel color. These blanks now have much smaller diameters in both the butt and tip sections, are more responsive, and provide superb sensitivity. The soft tip flex of these models are awesome for crankbait, chatterbait, top water and live bait applications!

Get More with MHX

Shipped with each MHX blank:

- Protective packet
- MHX blank spec decal
- Individually serialized decal
- MHX sticker
- Cleaning wipe
- Tip protector

Individual Serial Numbers

Once they have passed the quality control stage, each MHX blank is assigned an individual serial number. This assures that every MHX rod you build, fish, buy or sell can be tracked throughout it’s life cycle from end to end with no concern about warranty issues.

Register Your Blank at FishMHX.com

Limited Lifetime Warranty

Each rod blank can be registered online with its individual serial number by either the custom rod builder or the end user of the rod. When registered, the blanks unique serial number identifies that rod blank to registrant. If the registrant sells or gives the rod blank or finished rod to another person, the warranty can be transferred to the new owner – an industry first.

More info at FishMHX.com

MHX S-Glass Rod Blanks

Featured Technology

MHX 12 Million Modulus S-Glass

12 Million Modulus. Woven S-Glass of 12 million modulus with an Ultra Resin System.

Ultra Resin System

Hard resin formula works to boost rod blank material's impact resistance, sensitivity, and overall straightness.

Warning: California's Proposition 65

Proposition 65 Warning

CA WARNING.

WARNING: This product can expose you to chemicals including Lead, which is known to the State of California to cause cancer, birth defects or other reproductive harm. For more information go to https://www.P65Warnings.ca.gov

Files & Documents

MHX Rod Blank Dimensions for Winding Checks & Exposed Reel Seats

MHX Spacing Chart - Spinning / Casting Guide Spacing

Makes a nice cranking rod, but...

This blank is what I was looking for - a fiberglass blank with a deep bend under load. Yep, it'll bend clear down to the butt under load. The blank is light for a piece of fiberglass, but...

The rod's weight with my ancient old metal spinning reel positioned where I wanted it was very tip-biased. I added a significant amount of weight to the butt of the finished rod to bring the balance point back to a few inches in front of the reel stem. So much or the light weight... No biggy though, I'm no weight weenie. The balance lets me cast and retrieve lures for hours on end with no issue.

The rod excels at its intended task and, bonus, is surprisingly great as a general-purpose rod for me. Those of you younguns that grew up with and are accustomed only to fast and x-fast graphite rods may not appreciate this heavier, more "noodly" blank. It's not one of the old buggy-whips, but there's a lot of flex in this baby.

Sensitivity is great; I can feel when a 2.5" smelt nibbles, feel its high-speed wiggle / tail beat when it's hooked. I wasn't expecting that from a fiberglass rod rated for 10-17lb line.

Relevant build info follows.

Blank: MHX SSP845, 10-17lb 3/8 - 3/4oz MF H
Reel seat: Fuji NPS, size 18
Guides: Pac Bay Minima TV, SV, F, and PT
Paired reel: Greenie Penn Spinfisher 710, spooled with 50 yards of 15lb mono as a top shot, followed by a bunch of braid and a little Dacron.

A 3/4oz Krokodile will regularly cast beyond my 50 yard mono top shot.

MHX 7'0" Medium S-Glass Rod Blank - SSP843-MHX

I like the way it feels and sets up. I love a good glass rod for deep cranking.

S-Glass rod blank

I like the color of the blank but I had some issues right away. A standard size 16 reel seat will only slid down to about a foot away from the bottom of the blank because of how big the diameter is of the lower section of the rod blank. It was also difficult to ream out the lower cork section of the handle to make it fit. Plus I had to turn some custom wood and cork rings to make up the difference, as the stock cork lower section wasn’t long enough because of that. And boy it that blank heavy in weight compared to a carbon fiber rod blank. But I kind of expected that but it still took me by surprise.
Here in Minnesota, it will be a couple of months yet before I get a chance to use it but I am hoping that it will work better for crank bait fishing than my other rods.