Again: I DON'T WANT TO STRIP DOWN THE ENTIRE ROD! In your expert opinions (s), what would happen if I just replaced or moved the first guide? After reading about line slap, my guess it that the rod will not work for long casts. I'm best off building a surf rod with fresh components, or buying one and saving myself the time. Scott
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Thanks for your help. The issue for me is how to do the bare minimum in order to make this beautifully constructed conventional rod work with a spinning reel. Lou, I don't want to strip the whole thing down and rebuild it. I'd just as soon buy a spinning rod and save myself the thousand hours of time and aggravation (remember, I'm an amateur). Besides, some rod builder in N.C. did a nice jo
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Hi Guys. I could use some help here. I've built about a dozen rods to date, and know how to put together a conventional rod. But now, I have a bad left wrist, and I want to take a conventional surf rod and make it into spinning. I've never built a spinning rod. This rod is a 120 inch Breakaway built in N.C. (I think by Hatteras Outfiffers? Some guy named Wayne?). The first guide is at 27
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I just tested a bumper guide #8 (those blue ring Am Tac's...pretty) on a cod jigging rod (Seeker CBS-909/trimmed) and the 60# Mono/100# Braid double uni knot connection slid through it no problem. 'Casted just fine! Didn't catch much fish...but I was happy it casted well. Those stupid fish!#!##
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I'd vote for keeping the line closer to the thumb that's needed to push it evenly on the reel. I don't lay my rods down on a boat deck. Is this what freshwater bass guys do?
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I just field tested a cod jigging rod wrapped bumper guide style. The 60# leader is knotted with a double-Uni knot to 100# braid. The big knot slips through a #8 guide with no problem at all when casting a 14 oz jig. Now if big ol' Mr. Wisker's would just realize how pretty the rod is, he'd bite that jig more often, but large codfish are pretty dumb. Just the small ones appreciate a good rod.
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Thanks guys! I was considering the slick butt and making them wire-line trolling rods but I had the feeling that the blanks would be better suited as a bait rod. Yes the EX is blue - Nice!
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I've been out of the rodbuilding habit lately, and have these Seeker blanks I ordered last year, but I forget what they'd be good for. Can anyone tell me if these would make decent wire-line trolling rods (striped bass/New England)? Are they too light? I pulled them from the rack and was puzzled as to what to do with them. THanks for any help you may have. Scott
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AAAAAH! I've been spraying the epoxy with isopropyl and wiping it down. I didn't know that was a problem if it's been less than 48 hours. Darn!! 'Good thing for this web site!!! I'll carefully apply one more coat tomorrow (20 hours of dry time). Thanks again.
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Thanks. That's my concern. WEIGHT. I'll give it one last coat tomorrow morning. Is there any benefit to me using scothcbright or wiping down with a lot of isopropyl? Would that prevent the pitting and break-free pools?
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Help! I just completed another cod rod: epoxied the underwrap and over wrap with thin coats of Clear Coat. Then I put on another coat to finish, but there were a few pimples and pot-holes. So, I abraded with scotch brite and added another coat. Darn near perfect, but some guides still had break-free pot holes. I decided to apply one more thin coat and it came out like crap!!! One guide also
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I hope someone can help me on this. I got free decals from a vendor on this site (a long time ago) and I can't figure out how to apply them? After destroying most of them, I'm down to a sheet of about 8. I discovered that you have to wet them to get the decal to come off of the backing. But then the darn thing disintegrates into mush!! What do I have to do? Thanks, Scott.
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THanks, TOm. I'll keep the guide around 18-19 inches up. The rod loads fine and the line doesn't touch my hand or fingers. It seems to cast well. Now all I need is a big fat ol' codfish (if those commercial guys left me any).
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Tom, Does this mean I can't get my name on a guide wrapping technique? Darn! I understand your point about the ease of the bumper style in that you only have to flip down all but the first guide. I guess I already did that and still ended up with the first guide pretty close to the reel seat (15 inches). I was out in the street casting about 12 oz's of metal and varying the placement of the
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Thanks, guys. I fiddled a bit more with the guide placement and just attempted to get a straight line from the reel to the 180-degree guide (i.e. throught the 1st guide and the bumper guide). I found it impossible to get a straight line like that found when I use the O'Quinn method. The line still "zig-zags" a little bit through these guides. If I bias the first guide about 20 degr
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Thanks, Hank, but I think I just broke the rules. The first guide started at 18 inches from the center of the reel and the second guide was at 29 inches. After inserting the bumper guide in between, the line made sharp bends between them to the reel. I backed the first guide to 15 inches from the center of the reel and the second to 30 inches. Basically, this reduced the sharp angles between
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Hey guys, despite building a hand-full of rods, I'm still not sure how far ahead of the reel seat the first guide should be. I always eyeballed it, guessed, and/or placed it in a spot that seemed okay. Now, with a rod in a static distribution stress test, I cannot seem to figure where to start the first guide. The blank is long one that I cut down (butt and tip), with there remaining a little
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I'm also interested in hearing the replies to this post regarding the bumper guide. Vincent, while I've not built a large amount of rods, I can tell you that my first rod (cod-jigging) was spiral wrapped, but I did it so aggressively that the the first (butt) guide was 45 degrees, the second was around 70 and the third about 160 (with zero straight up and 180 straight down). Despite this agres
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Hi Guys. I'm getting back into the swing of building again, and have on my bench another cod blank (Seeker CBS-909, trimmed tip and butt). I've been fascinated with the holographic guides and color-ring guides by Am. Tackle Co. I am considering trying a direct spiral using a bumper guide (as per the article in the last Rodmaker magazine). Here are my questions: If I use the BZBSU as the firs
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Pete, it sounds like you've started a new trend: "Critter Inlays."
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