Ontario Hunter
AH ambassador
Just finished this. Our bishop is asking us to donate stuff for a silent auction at synod dinner in two weeks. $17 for junker rod & reel at 2nd hand store, twenty bucks for donor lamp on sale at Walmart, $11 for the pull chain fob fishing lure, $14 for Walmart lamp shade; $15 for "hunter green" spray paint. All tax deductible of course. 
Originally I tried a green donor spinning rod but it was larger with longer handle. Made the lamp too tall. I didn't want a spinning reel because they stick out too far. Casting rods typically have bent handles and don't work but casting reels are tighter to the rod. So I used a kid's straight handle spinning rod missing half its guides and an old seized up Johnson closed face reel. This should make a nice addition to someone's fishing cottage.
Originally I tried a green donor spinning rod but it was larger with longer handle. Made the lamp too tall. I didn't want a spinning reel because they stick out too far. Casting rods typically have bent handles and don't work but casting reels are tighter to the rod. So I used a kid's straight handle spinning rod missing half its guides and an old seized up Johnson closed face reel. This should make a nice addition to someone's fishing cottage.
