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Single Foot Concerns!?!?
Posted by:
Tom Costa
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Date: January 12, 2005 02:40PM
Hey All,
I am about to start building a 9wt Horizon for Salt Water and I was chatting with the rod maufacturer. He mentioned that the only con for single foot guides is that they could slip out of the wrap under a lot of strain!?!? Has this ever happened to anyone? I was going to go with the new Fuji Single Foot Titanium guides. Don't want to spend the money if they will pop out on me! Thanks, Tom Re: Single Foot Concerns!?!?
Posted by:
Michael Sledden
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Date: January 12, 2005 02:46PM
Just make sure you use a locking wrap on them. Good article in the library here on the procedure. Ever since using this, I have not had a guide pop out at all. Re: Single Foot Concerns!?!?
Posted by:
Anonymous User
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Date: January 12, 2005 02:50PM
He must not be up to date with modern security wraps. Well, they're not ever all that modern - I've been using them since 1977 and in all that time have yet to have a single foot guide come out of the wrap.
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Posted by:
bill boettcher
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Date: January 12, 2005 03:28PM
I used to just put about 5-8 wraps after the upright post. Guides would not come out with this. Now I just put the forham wrap on just as easy and more secure Re: Single Foot Concerns!?!?
Posted by:
Tom Costa
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Date: January 12, 2005 03:33PM
Thanks All!!! Appreciate the security info! I will use thaose wraps...
Tom Re: Single Foot Concerns!?!?
Posted by:
Bill Moschler
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Date: January 12, 2005 05:43PM
Never had one come out. I don't use the security wrap. I do put 3 or 4 wraps in front of the foot. I don't use CP. I generally use flex-coat lite for the first coat to be sure to get the tunnel full through the threads. I have had to remove some of these guides. Not really worried about one "popping out" any more after that. I don't get to use my rods enough or with heavy enough fish for a real test though. Re: Single Foot Concerns!?!?
Posted by:
Eden Bromfield
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Date: January 12, 2005 07:18PM
I have always used single foots without any kind of security wrap on all my fly rods including those used for salmon with heavy lines and have never had problems with the guides pulling out.
Infact, I dont see how this could possibly happen either in playing a fish or in routine casting. IMO, about the only way to dislodge SF guides (without a security wrap) is via abuse ---- giving them a sharp blow in the direction of the tip. Eden Re: Single Foot Concerns!?!?
Posted by:
gary campo
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Date: January 12, 2005 09:30PM
Can you still adjust guides after they have been wrapped using a security wrap? Re: Single Foot Concerns!?!?
Posted by:
Doug Moore
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Date: January 12, 2005 10:38PM
Yes Gary, to some degree.
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Posted by:
bill boettcher
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Date: January 13, 2005 08:32AM
I always start to wrap from the tip to the butt. As each guide gets wraped, I then adjust. This way if I wrap to tight and no way can adjust a guide, I only have to take " one " guide off and rewrap
Keep checking each guide as you wrap for adjustment Re: Single Foot Concerns!?!?
Posted by:
Doug Moore
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Date: January 13, 2005 09:26AM
Ditto to what Bil says! Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
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