I just semi-rebuilt an 81/2 foot fly rod someone gave me. The back part of the handle was busted off so I cut the back of an old rod that I broke @ Caddo lake and Gorilla glued it in. In front of the reel it is cork behind it it is foam, looks kinda redneck, but it works.
I put an ultra-light spinning reel on it (the same one from the broken Caddo lake rod) and made a few practice casts in the yard, not the best caster, but I hope it will let me reach out to more of the stumps I fish in the Spring.
Maybe someday I will put regular spinning eyes on it and then it should be a zinger! Or maybe not, I'm just glueing stuff together to see what happens!
If you have arrived here by accident, I suggest panic!