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weight of Dan Craft FT 3wt, 4pc?
Posted by: Mo Yang (---.lsanca.dsl-w.verizon.net)
Date: May 15, 2005 03:41AM

Anyone know the bare blank weight of Dan Craft's FT 3wt, 4pc?

Thanks,
Mo

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Re: weight of Dan Craft FT 3wt, 4pc?
Posted by: Marc Forrest (66.241.91.---)
Date: May 15, 2005 11:24AM

Mo,

I weighted my FT 863-4 blank on a post office scales and got:

1.6 oz. (blank only of course)

here is some blogging on the construction of this little rod...

[www.mind.net]

I've not yet finished the handle too busy catching fish.

ciao,

marc

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Re: weight of Dan Craft FT 3wt, 4pc?
Posted by: Mo Yang (---.lsanca.dsl-w.verizon.net)
Date: May 15, 2005 04:54PM

Marc,

THANKS!

Mo

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Re: weight of Dan Craft FT 3wt, 4pc?
Posted by: Mo Yang (---.lsanca.dsl-w.verizon.net)
Date: May 15, 2005 05:03PM

Forgot to ask. I'm in process of building a UL spin rod from this blank. Turns out that the front 3 sections are 0.7 oz and the final section is 0.9 oz. So, I'm thinking simply using ONLY the front three sections into a UL rod and abandoning the rear. (I could not weight the blank because the handle is already mounted.)

Do you think this will work? Dan, if you see this, would appreciate your thoughts. This will make for a medium action UL rod instead of a fast one if I use all four secions.

Thanks,
Mo

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Re: weight of Dan Craft FT 3wt, 4pc?
Posted by: Dan L Craft (---.eugn.qwest.net)
Date: May 15, 2005 05:34PM

Mo,

I think you will still have a pretty fast light action spin rod!

Dan Craft
Dan Craft Enterprises

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Re: weight of Dan Craft FT 3wt, 4pc?
Posted by: Stan Grace (---.hln-mt.client.bresnan.net)
Date: May 16, 2005 11:31AM

There is information posted in the blanks section of the CCS Data Site regarding characteristics for 3wt. FT blanks that may be useful to you.

Stan Grace
Helena, MT
"Our best is none too good"

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