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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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Keywords: First Rod - Stripper Guide
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Grant Darby
Registered: April 2005
Location: Olympic Peninsula, WA.
Posts: 51
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Fri March 30, 2007 4:53pm
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If that's your first, you can move to the front of the line!!! Beautiful. LOST my biggest tuna ever at Manzanillo two years ago. Fished under the largest bunch of spinner dolphins I've ever seen. Jumping as far as the eye could see.
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Larry Holt
Registered: March 2007
Location: Atascadero, CA
Posts: 39
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Great work. Congratulations, you're hooked. You got a pretty good mentor in "Doc". Good luck.
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David Norris
Registered: May 2007
Location: Ingleside, Texas
Posts: 7
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Jason Kotchey
Registered: May 2007
Location: Bradenton Florida
Posts: 53
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Fri July 20, 2007 10:45pm
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I keep coming back to this Picture in Amazement!....Spectacular!
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Dillon Hee
Registered: October 2007
Location: Singapore
Posts: 22
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Wed October 10, 2007 2:21am
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Love the colour combo, think I'll try those same colours on my next fish scale for my future brother in law's rod : )
The fade is simple yet totally capitivating.
Cheers,
Dillon
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Bill Lane
Registered: May 2007
Location: San Diego
Posts: 26
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Sun October 14, 2007 10:13pm
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HOLY ???? Your first rod? Absolutely stunning!
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Mark Daley
Registered: September 2007
Location: Woodland, CA
Posts: 283
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Wed October 24, 2007 12:48am
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My first rod looked like that too. The first one I did after my last one!
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Walt Davenport
Registered: April 2007
Posts: 234
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Thu November 8, 2007 5:13am
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very nice!!
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james stavola
Registered: April 2007
Location: L.I. N.Y.
Posts: 16
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Thu December 13, 2007 9:44am
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all your work is outstanding!
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