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Dan Craft FT blanks
Posted by: Dave Hoffman (72.2.102.---)
Date: May 28, 2008 01:01PM

Any suggestions for a nice main thread color on a Dan Craft FT blank?

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Re: Dan Craft FT blanks
Posted by: Stan Grace (---.hln-mt.client.bresnan.net)
Date: May 28, 2008 01:20PM

Garnet, garnet, or garnet! LOL I build on quite a few of them and can't seem to break the mold.

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

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Re: Dan Craft FT blanks
Posted by: Walt Natzke (12.22.21.---)
Date: May 28, 2008 02:31PM

The matte gray finish really lends itself to almost any color scheme (tasteful, of course).

I too lean toward garnet, but deep blues look really nice as well.


Walt

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Re: Dan Craft FT blanks
Posted by: Scott Kinney (---.eugn.qwest.net)
Date: May 30, 2008 08:42PM

Forest green (gold trim), dark blue (silver trim), garnet (gold trim) all look good...

I did one in orange with a padauk reel seat that looked amazing...

Black is tough to do well (pack tightly!) but black with silver looks great too...

Scott Kinney
The Longest Cast Fly Rods
[www.thelongestcast.com]

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Re: Dan Craft FT blanks
Posted by: Mike Klein (---.brasscrafthq.com)
Date: June 02, 2008 09:13AM

I built an FT a while ago with black main wrap with metallic blue trim, black guides and black reel and it looks very nice IMHO.

Mike

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