Lami CGX78xh metallic blue 6'-6" Porgy rod! Gudebrod NCP tan,lt.blue, blue dunn, gun metal, charcoal, white, black, metallic royal blue, and trimar blue/silver
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Lami gsb132 2m, Fuji SIC guides,& reel seat, Baseball bat grip tape,Pac Bay butt cap, Gruebrod thread
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Lami GSB 138 2L this one's for ME!!!! Butt cap made from a large Rappala wooden bomber lure head with, Metallic thread and rubber o-ring covered in epoxy transition. Baseball bat gripe tape, Fuji SIC guides, DNPSC Cobra graphite finish. Gudebrod thread: size A nylon-Black NCP:Lt. Blue, Royal Blue, Dark Blue,Goldenrod, Sunburst, Orange, Scarlet HT Metallic: Royal Blue,Aqua,Red,Pale Gold Trim
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Fuji DNPSC Cobra graphite finish reel seat with Abu 6500 sports mag. Custome made cushioned rod bag, Fuji SIC guides spiral wrapped.
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Finally Finished!
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butt wrap for snatcher #7 before epoxy. metallic gold underwrap for the nylon -no cp, candy apple red thread.
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Pacific Bay PBX Series XGSU100H-2 10'-20-40lb,2-6 oz Mod-Fast, Heavy
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When I started this pattern I mis-judged the pattern layout spacing, leaving me with a gap to fill....so I did with red enamal paint and a white press on dot. Whole wrap covered with 5 thin layers of Flex coat lite.
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Can't stop, need to stop, Can't Stoooop...Next!!
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My third rod! A 8 1/2 ft. Rouge blank with metallic corvette blue paint job(another first for me!),& all Metallic threads. Rubber o-ring winding checks, but this time I added thread trim wraps and covered in epoxy-same for butt cap. Fuji Hardloy guides, and Fuji reel seat. The bow tie wrap is the same colour aqua as the guides...but it has an Ice blue shading on the edges that my camera
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My second rod- built on a LamiglasGLB1082 MH
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My very first (but not the last)rod! Lamiglas GSB136 2MH with Fuji SIC guides, Fuji DPSH reelseat,Grudebrod black & silver wrasps, Baseball bat grip tape, and rubber O-rings for winding checks.
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I use it for ALL my reel seats! NEVER had a problem. I have no patience to wait around for a reel seat to cure! You just have to make sure everything is in place before you start. That means cleanup supplys-EVERYTHING. Make a dry fit first to make sure you get no suprises ;^) Once you start there's no going back- you can't make mistakes.
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I've used it and IT YELLOWS!!! After mixing and using, I pulled the dried remains out of my mixing cup and set aside. within just two weeks the stuff was as yellow as dehydrated urin :^( Time to switch over to Threadmaster!
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NO -the metallic thread will NOT show through your non NCP-reg nylon -black thread.unless, you do a bad job of packing.
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I guess i'll be the fly in the ointment.......! I ONLY use NCP. I LOVE the way it looks-kinda like enamel. I HATE CP- NEVER use it! I find that if you use NCP mixing in matching metallics throughout or, use subtle colour variations within one colour, you can get a very RICH & Vibrant look- and see the thread. BUT you will have to lay down one thread at a time. None of the people that ha
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I sometimes use a white china marker.
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Thank YOU Tom for sending it through again! I got it today and it was well worth the wait! They just keep getting better and better ;^)
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:^( I still havn't received vol. 9 #2....just gotta keep waitin!
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OK.....I do 8 to 10 repeats on 11' lamiglas graphite surf rods (fat) that works out to be about 18 or so inches in front of the foregrip, longer if I wrap multiple patterns. As far as patterns...I'm working my way through Dale's book, skipping around, and sometimes altering the pattern with thread colour.
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Donart -sponser on the left has them.....look under buttcaps made by pacbay. Its exactly like the one in the pics!
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I use the reflected light on the blank or, sometimes a white china marker
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Cliff: "I know the allure of the Metallic Blue color put you over the edge, and robbed you of all reason(s for not getting it)." Read me like an open book! ;^) I wanted (but wasn't going to get) the slightly heavier blank listed just below, with a line weight of 50lb . However, when I read those words "metallic blue" I must of had a brain seizuer or something cause , the nex
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Thank YOU Cliff ;^) Was hopeing I didn't make a mistake....will get to do some (almost NEVER) boat fishing this year and, needed something other than an 11'+ surf rod to use!
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I decided I couldn't resist and took advantage of the Blank Liquidation sale at Mudhole.... I picked up a Lami saltwater CGX8XH 6'6" 1 piece with a line weight of 40lbs. I guess this blank is a composite of graphite and fiberglass.....if I'm wrong let me know! Does anyone know how this blank was ment to be used ? Would it make a decent porgy and or blackfish rod for a boat? I've only bu
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David, Next time you want a candy apple red-wrap with gold first, then wrap red nylon over the gold- (no cp)- best way to acheive the look!
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yes and yes!
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I can't believe what they are charging for Dales thread art book!!!!???????!!!!!?????? Summer Moon still has the book listed in their catalog for 32.50 (just what I paid for it last summer)! Now wheather or not they still have it is another story. Glad I got mine for cheap when I did- and I thought 32.50 was a lot ;^)
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Not worried if the white will turn a shade or two darker.... just don't want to the the other colours through it.
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How well does NCP white cover over other colours? Will I be disappointed if I don't use colour preserver over it ( I hate cp)? I don't want a tartan wrap ;^) Thanks for any tips or advice! -eric
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