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custom tip top guide making ???
Posted by:
peter gersumky
(---.mycingular.net)
Date: April 12, 2015 10:07PM
Anyone try brazing there own tip tops ? I want a size 4 or 5 ring on a size 9 tube , braced . Re: custom tip top guide making ???
Posted by:
Tom Kirkman
(Moderator)
Date: April 12, 2015 10:19PM
Your best bet is to wrap on a guide as a tiptop. It doesn't necessarily have to be a single foot guide either - you can double one leg on a double foot guide back around and wrap on the bottom of the rod with the other foot wrapped on top.
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Posted by:
Mike Lawson
(---.nycap.res.rr.com)
Date: April 12, 2015 10:30PM
I use running guides as tops on center pin reels regularly with no problem. You can try splitting the tube of a guide and wrapping over it. Tom's idea of a double foot guide sounds interesting especially on a heavy rod. Re: custom tip top guide making ???
Posted by:
peter gersumky
(---.mycingular.net)
Date: April 13, 2015 12:29AM
Mike Lawson Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > I use running guides as tops on center pin reels > regularly with no problem. You can try splitting > the tube of a guide and wrapping over it. Tom's > idea of a double foot guide sounds interesting > especially on a heavy rod. Mike, Have you split a tube before ?? Do you think you can split a micro tip with a size 4 ring and size 7 tube and make it to be able to fit a size 9 tube ?? Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/13/2015 12:30AM by peter gersumky. Re: custom tip top guide making ???
Posted by:
Jimmy Crain Jr
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Date: April 13, 2015 12:53AM
That is only 1/32 of a difference I would say you could easliy split the tube and make that work. Re: custom tip top guide making ???
Posted by:
Mike Lawson
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Date: April 13, 2015 01:22PM
Shouldn't be a problem. If it were me, I'd tie on a Fuji Belly guide. The wide foot should be a good fit on the 9 tip. It's not going anywhere. Re: custom tip top guide making ???
Posted by:
Robert Moody
(---.par.clearwire-wmx.net)
Date: April 17, 2015 09:12PM
On a small dia. rod a singlefoot fly rod guide would work and look almost natural an d not be too bulky looking. Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
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