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Home made Tip Top help
Posted by:
Glenn McMurrian
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Date: March 25, 2017 08:32PM
Has any body ever made a tip top by tieing a Micro guide to the tip of the pole if so how good did it work. The Rod that I am working on has a tube size of 7.5 but it needs size 6 or less ring size and so far I cannot find one so has anybody made there own like with a Mico guide tied to the tip of the Rod. Glenn McMurrian Re: Home made Tip Top help
Posted by:
larry basilio
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Date: March 25, 2017 08:48PM
Glenn, I think I remember Ken Preston making a tip top from a guide. you might want check with him Re: Home made Tip Top help
Posted by:
Glenn McMurrian
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Date: March 25, 2017 09:21PM
Will do but more response's are needed.
Thanks Glenn McMurrian Re: Home made Tip Top help
Posted by:
Matthew Pitrowski
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Date: March 25, 2017 09:53PM
It would n;t make a difference if the eye was size 8 on the tiptop because it is the exit guide and there are no others after that
Yes others have used a single foot guide as a tip top and just wrapped it on like a guide and seal it with the thread epoxy. other wise you need to take a fly rod tip top and cut off the loop so you have a hollow tube and select the size tip top guide size you need cut down the foot of the guide and crimp in and epoxy it on and when you do that make sure the epoxy squeezes out of the guide end and you have a sized tip top. this is where all the new ideas for guide trains tech is running a foul with the old they re worked the rod guides but forgot about the tiptops The best day to be alive is always tomorrow !! Think out side the box when all else fails !!! Wi. Re: Home made Tip Top help
Posted by:
Spencer Phipps
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Date: March 25, 2017 10:15PM
Yes, I 've done it, if your using something besides braid, a tip top smaller than a 6 can be a big disadvantage as the stiff line does not like changing direction through a small ring. Re: Home made Tip Top help
Posted by:
roger wilson
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Date: March 25, 2017 11:27PM
Lots of folks tie conventional guides on the ends of ice rods to have the guide that they wish for the tip.
Be safe Re: Home made Tip Top help
Posted by:
Ken Preston
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Date: March 26, 2017 08:11AM
One way that you can accomplish this (in addition to the simple approach of winding on a regular guide) is to find a 3 footed (casting guide) of the size you want' carefully bending the 3-rd (single foot) to conform to the diameter of the rod and wrapping that on as the tip top. This will give you three points of contact with the blank. Others who have posted here are also correct that the size of the tip top guide opening is not critical to the performance of the rod at all. I just see the casting guide as providing a little more security. The single '3-rd leg' goes opposite the line flow Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/26/2017 08:56AM by Ken Preston. Re: Home made Tip Top help
Posted by:
Spencer Phipps
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Date: March 26, 2017 12:32PM
Glenn,
Schneider's has a 5 ring Alps guide in 7.5 tube. They seem to go their own way on some things over there and I like that a lot, they also had micro guides with colored rings in years past. Re: Home made Tip Top help
Posted by:
Glenn McMurrian
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Date: March 27, 2017 03:01AM
thanks will check it out. Glenn McMurrian Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
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