The aero seat does not fit a full 8.5" winn grip....
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Thanks Jim...that really does help me out!
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Hi all, I am just looking for the spool diameter for one or both of these reels. Building a rod for my brother and want to get the layout of the guides correct. Thanks for your help!
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Thank you both for your replies! Nuno, looking at the marbling you do gave me the inspiration for this rod....your work is outstanding!
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Hi everybody! I am getting ready to try and marble some guides and wanted to add some small trim wraps on the end. My question is should I wrap the guides in white thread, do the marbling, wait for it to dry, add the trim wraps, and put a final coat of epoxy over the whole thing? Or should I do something different? Maybe do the trim wraps and guide wrap all together, coat it in epoxy, and the
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Thanks for the quick responses!
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Hi all! I was just wondering if there were any past rodmaker magazines that went over the process of marbling guides? I was also wondering if there was an article on how nuno paulino creates his decals? Thanks in advance for your response and for making this a great forum.
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Hello all, I am building a 8'6 med. steelhead spinning rod with the new concept system and wanted someone to double check my guide placement because it seems off. The diameter of the reel spool is 1.6875 in. or 42.86 mm. I multiplied 42.86 by 27 and it equaled 1157.28mm or 45.5 inches ( I only had a tape measure on hand thus the inches). I measured this out and placed my choker guide. Then
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Thanks Joe!
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Hello all! I am going to be building a steelhead rod for my brother in the near future. He would like an 8'6 rod, med. action with a fast tip. I was wondering what you guys would recommend as guides for this particular rod? I am looking for a quality guide that wont break the bank. This rod will be used for drifting as well as soaking bait on the bottom. He was worried about having guides t
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Hi guys! I am new to rod building and have enjoyed all the information and knowledge on this site. With that said, I have a question on the new concept Fuji guides/system. I bought a Fuji new concept guide kit, thinking that I would be able to implement the new concept system. However, as I discovered later, it came with a 30J, 16J, 10J, 8JL, 2 7's, and 6J sized guides. Thus, I wouldn't be a
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