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My First Rod - Finally Done
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Jeff Shields
Registered: February 2007
Location: Austin, Texas
Posts: 203
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Hey Everyone, Well, here it is.... My first rod, just came off the dryer yesterday. It's a tuna stick that I built for an upcoming trip to Manzanillo, Mexico. The blank is a 6 foot Seeker S660XXH long range, rated for 50 - 130 lb. line. For you Cali boys, this rod will be matched with my new Avet 50 EX/Pro SDS (San Diego Special) topless. The chevron fade wrap was done with all Gudebrod size A thread, six colors. Started with 9001 black, then 9245 royal blue, then 9050 electric blue, then 9037 ice blue, then 9006 steel blue and ended with 9002 silver. Guides were done with A size underwrap of silver and single thread ice blue inlay, then first overwrap was black D and second overwrap was D in ice blue with silver inlay. I wanted to keep the guides somewhat plain to match the reel... kind of that cold steel look.
Thanks to everyone for your help and support. I know I probably asked a lot of questions that seemed mindless at the time, but when your first rod is a 130lb. class rig, I was a little nervous about screwing something up. Thanks especially to Doc Ski for your patience and also convincing me to do the fade one-thread-at-a-time; really made a huge difference in the end.... and I've almost forgotten the extra 10 hours it took to do it that way ;-).
Any constructive criticism would be very much appreciated.
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Raymond_Adams
Registered: May 2005
Location: Sacramento, CA
Posts: 2,244
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Fri March 30, 2007 5:03pm
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Nicely done Jeff. Tight wraps, nice finish!
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Mark Fisher
Registered: March 2005
Location: Broken Hill, N.S.W, Australia
Posts: 1,715
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Fri March 30, 2007 7:16pm
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Checked them all out Jeff and you have done a really top job. Well done.
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James Labanowski
Registered: March 2005
Location: Oxnard, California
Posts: 2,061
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Sat March 31, 2007 12:18am
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I venture to say there arent many here that arent a little jealous of your first rod. You are way ahead of the curve.
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Jeff Shields
Registered: February 2007
Location: Austin, Texas
Posts: 203
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Sat March 31, 2007 12:27pm
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Thanks everyone, very much appreciated. And thanks Doc, that means everything to me. To get the blessing of builders like you guys makes it all worth while.
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