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blank spec's
Posted by: stanford yerger (---.156.174.141.Dial1.Boston1.Level3.net)
Date: July 15, 2007 10:35AM

I can't find the butt & tt dia. on the web for a FT863-4.
Would appreciate, so I can order a tt.
much thanks, stan yerger


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Re: blank spec's
Posted by: Raymond Adams (---.hsd1.ca.comcast.net)
Date: July 15, 2007 11:21AM

Just give Dan a call

Raymond Adams
Eventually, all things merge, and a river runs through it..

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Re: blank spec's
Posted by: Spencer Phipps (65.197.242.---)
Date: July 15, 2007 12:54PM

Have Dan send a top and guides with the blank, he carries a good selection. That way you get the correct one. Published specs are not always correct for each blank you receive.

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Re: blank spec's
Posted by: Bob Crook (---.ptld.qwest.net)
Date: July 15, 2007 07:03PM


That blank being a 3wt and 8'6" long is going to have a small tip. What I do with all the blanks I get is get the tip-top to fit the blank plus an additional tip-top the next size larger. That way if the person you built the rod for breaks the tip of the rod you will most likely have a tip-top to repair it with. I does happen.

It is nice to have some extra guides and such on had for emergency repairs and is a lot less costly and less time consuming than having a supplier ship you 1 or 2 tip-tops/guides.

Bob Crook
La Pine, OR

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Re: blank spec's
Posted by: John Sams (---.listmail.net)
Date: July 16, 2007 10:15AM

I always order 3 tt for each blank. One on the spec, one under and one over. That way I'm sure to have the one that fits. I end up with an assortment of tips that I put in a plano box and keep and before long I have enough that I can alway fit almost any blank.

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