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guide wraps
Posted by:
steve parks
(---.mob.bellsouth.net)
Date: September 13, 2005 09:02AM
I think I've asked this question before but don't remember.
Anyway, after looking at many of the fancy guide wraps on the photo page, do you wrap all the guides on the rod the same way or just the bigger guides on the bigger part of the rod where it's easiest to do so? It seems that most of the pics are of the butt guide and double footed guides. On single foot guides do you make the fancy wraps on the small fly guides also? They can be such a pain to wrap sometimes. Thanks, Steve Re: guide wraps
Posted by:
bill boettcher
(---.nyc.untd.com)
Date: September 13, 2005 10:06AM
All the guides are the same. I also put a wrap on the tip top just below the tube. Re: guide wraps
Posted by:
steve parks
(---.mob.bellsouth.net)
Date: September 13, 2005 01:59PM
Bill I guess you and I are the only ones who put guides all the way to the top. LOL Re: guide wraps
Posted by:
bill boettcher
(---.nyc.untd.com)
Date: September 13, 2005 02:03PM
One or two butt guides is all ya need ?? LOL Maybe a top Re: guide wraps
Posted by:
Randy Parpart (Putter)
(---.propel.com)
Date: September 13, 2005 02:11PM
I wrap all the guides pretty much identical; this includes a wrap at the base of the tip-top, too. I just change the number of threads in the trim bands and make the trim band smaller as the guide wrap gets smaller. Putter Williston, ND Re: guide wraps
Posted by:
Mike Barkley
(---.nap.wideopenwest.com)
Date: September 13, 2005 03:07PM
Ditto what Putter said!
Mike Re: guide wraps
Posted by:
Michael Joyce
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Date: September 13, 2005 03:14PM
I cheat...most of the rods I built when I was building ,were SW rods with double foot guides. From the reel seat the first 3 or so guides match with detail, then I'd switch to any easier wrap toward the top, with just a little trim. For a while, I actually left out the trim on ONE of the top guides just to see if people would notice (no one ever did, and when someone complained about a tiny bubble in the finish... I'd point out the major flaw they missed in the guide wraps)... Re: guide wraps
Posted by:
steve parks
(---.mob.bellsouth.net)
Date: September 13, 2005 09:53PM
I too change the wrap on the smaller guides because it can be such a pain to try to match all the wraps on those small #6 fly guides. It's pretty easy to make more intricate wraps on the double foot guides and those guides which are place on the bigger diameter part of the rod. I don't usually put a wrap on the top because I've had a few top rings pop out...which surprised me. I just wondering what most folks do because you only see the photos of the butt or stipper guides. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that there is a right or wrong way of doing the guide wraps just wondering what most folks do.
Thanks, Steve Re: guide wraps
Posted by:
Raymond Adams
(---.hsd1.ca.comcast.net)
Date: September 13, 2005 10:07PM
If thread art is to much trouble for anyone I'm sure Putter could marble 'em for ya! LOL LOL Raymond Adams Eventually, all things merge, and a river runs through it.. Re: guide wraps
Posted by:
Raymond Adams
(---.hsd1.ca.comcast.net)
Date: September 13, 2005 10:11PM
Just kidding you Putter!
I guess Billy V. is rubbing off on me a little LOL LOL You do fine work! I hope to be able to compete with you some day! Raymond Adams Eventually, all things merge, and a river runs through it.. Re: guide wraps
Posted by:
Mike Barkley
(---.nap.wideopenwest.com)
Date: September 13, 2005 10:33PM
Don't laugh! I've marbled a lot of guide wraps
Mike Re: guide wraps
Posted by:
Raymond Adams
(---.hsd1.ca.comcast.net)
Date: September 13, 2005 10:40PM
Mike,
I saw a guide marbled in camo on the photo board. Was that yours? Great idea! Got to try it myself. Raymond Adams Eventually, all things merge, and a river runs through it.. Re: guide wraps
Posted by:
Mike Barkley
(---.nap.wideopenwest.com)
Date: September 13, 2005 11:27PM
That was mine!
Mike Re: guide wraps
Posted by:
Randy Parpart (Putter)
(---.propel.com)
Date: September 14, 2005 12:26AM
It's sure a great way to get rid of those ugly thread colors that I never use anymore, too... Putter Williston, ND Re: guide wraps
Posted by:
bill boettcher
(---.nyc.untd.com)
Date: September 14, 2005 06:38AM
Wast not - want not, hay Putter. Good idea, just cover them up. Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
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