I bought a crb 7' medium. It's labeled as having a mod/fast action which should work well for crankbaits. I will either be fishing small to medium crankbaits or lipless baits on it. I also bought a 7' mh mhx cranking rod to build. That rod will mostly be used for lipless baits unless it proves to be to heavy for them which is why I wanted to try the 7' m crb blank as well. I realize they are not
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Well I ended up ordering a couple mhx blanks and 1 crb color series blank. After I get it built I will try to do a write up on it.
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Thanks John, I am looking to build a couple cranking rods for myself. One geared more for rattle traps and the other one for small to medium crankbaits. I have been looking at the mhx blanks for cranking and they have a moderate/fast action. Since the crb blanks have the same action I am debating on which I might want to get.
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Hello everyone, I have tried searching around for information on the mudhole crb blanks and I have not been able to find much. Specifically just looking to see what peoples opinions are of them. Good or bad. Are the actions pretty true to what they are labeled as? Thanks in advance
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Earlier this spring I finished a couple rod blanks I had with gudebrod rod varnish. The blanks were bare graphite because they were factory seconds I believe. Recently I fished with them on a very rainy day and by the end of the day the finish was all bubbled. How should I go about refinishing them? Completely strip them down and start fresh or lightly sand and reapply finish? And should I use
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hi everyone, another amateur question. I recently picked up a few blanks that were a great deal but they are not finished. I have tried searching the web for information on finishing blanks but haven't found much. my question is what is the best method to apply finish to the blanks? I have attempted to apply finish to one blank but it did not come out as well as I was hoping. seems to be &quo
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thanks everyone. I did contact the supplier and they are sending me a new grip so I can say the customer service is very good. i will be looking into turning my own grips on my drill press in the near future. i should have thought about using my press along time ago.
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yes I do have a drill press and would be very interested in how people set one up for making grips. my email is jbeaudry05@alumni.unity.edu
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thanks everyone, I will be looking into making my own grips in the future but for now I still have to buy premade ones. need to buy a lathe first
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hello everyone. where do most rod builders buy their cork grips? just curious, I am still fairly new to rod building and recently ordered some grips for a couple spinning rods but when they came in one grip has an obvious bend in it along with what looks like stress cracks possibly from not being glued together properly. these grips were ordered from a well know supplier but the quality of them i
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thanks guys
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hello everyone. I am sure this topic has been gone over many times before but I am pretty new to rod building and would like some input on good relatively inexpensive crankbait rod blanks. I am looking to build a few different ones for various applications. I am debating between fiberglass or graphite. just wondering what other peoples thoughts are regarding this. pro's and con's of both? here
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hello I am wondering what other people think about the cbr blanks from mudhole. are they decent blanks? I do not have any experience with them. any info would be great. thanks
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hello, I am fairly new to rod building and was wondering what other peoples opinions were on these blanks. I am trying to decide between getting a fiberglass blank for crankin or getting a moderate action graphite blank. any feedback is great. thanks james
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