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David Leonard
Registered: April 2005
Location: Hahira, GA
Posts: 12
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It's 'experimental,' so not really finished; just wanted to see what a trigger felt like on a fly grip. The answer? I like it...
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Keywords: fly grip;trigger.
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mark blabaum
Registered: June 2006
Location: Southwest - Wisconsin
Posts: 1,282
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Mon March 26, 2007 8:26am
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Interesting, I never thought about the trigger used like this before. I think it has a lot of possibilitys for the fly challenged Bass anglers like my self.
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David Leonard
Registered: April 2005
Location: Hahira, GA
Posts: 12
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Mon March 26, 2007 9:53am
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The rear seat definitely needs to be trimmed to fit better...and I am working on a much trimmed casting seat for the front, although if you want to be able to use this as a casting rod, we're only tallking about shortening the threads. A third possibility (hat tip BV) is to just mount a trigger, like the one Steve Libby shows a few pics back. The split grip idea sounds interesting...
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Mick McComesky
Registered: March 2005
Location: St. Louis, MO
Posts: 556
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Mon March 26, 2007 10:42am
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I actually just finished doing this same thing last night, with the addition of a plate seat on the grip for a spinning reel. Nice work.
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David Leonard
Registered: April 2005
Location: Hahira, GA
Posts: 12
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Mon March 26, 2007 9:55pm
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Well, this is actually fly/casting. As it's a two piece, 6'6", you'd probably do best by adding a small stripper on top and a bumper guide to turn it into a spiral. If it was a 4 piece (or even 3, depending on the length) then the stripper wouldn't even be on the handle section and you could simply rotate that section 180 and have a 'traditional' (guides on top) baitcaster, or just add an additional bumper guide. For the fly/spin combo, I prefer to use a threaded insert in the handle and add a 5-6" butt extension to act as the rear grip - If I knew how to link to it I would, but there's an example one or two pics back in my gallery. The guides are alconites, 12/10 the rest 6s; 9wt fly, probably 3/8 to 5/8 oz 10-17 lb test casting, and I haven't yet mounted the casting reel to see about balance. still experimenting...
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Jay Hunt
Registered: March 2007
Posts: 144
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David,,I really like that ! The trigger will definately put your casting hand in control. Excellent idea and looks great !
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