Back in 2007 there was an article in Outdoor Life titled ‘The Toughest Fish on Earth’. You can find this article here: This article ranked the toughest fighting fish in the world on a scale of 1 to 10. At the top of the rankings were - Tuna - 10 Marlin - 9.7 Tarpon - 9.5 Sturgeon - 9.5 Amberjack - 9.3 Niugini Bass - 9.2 Pirarucu - 9.0 Piraiba - 9.0 Giant Trevally - 8.9
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I want to make a full Tennessee style cork handle to use with a Phillipson sliding reel seat. The Phillipson sliding reel seat has a tube ID of .910 inch. Obviously, the cork handle needs to be bored and tapered to fit the blank being used. How much cork wall thickness needs to be maintained in the handle? The corollary of this is, with a cork handle OD of (at the most) .900 inch what
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Might anyone know of a source for blanks like this? Rods made from these types/sizes of blanks are widely available in Australia / England / France / Germany / New Zealand / etc. And these rods are being sold from under $50 to over $400. So, these blanks are being made somewhere in a wide range of quality levels. Shakespeare makes 6 piece travel spin rods from 7 feet to 9 feet in this
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I’m having a hard time understanding everything that has been said. Col Chaseling – When might “out shortly” be? Tom - I get that there are topics/articles in Volumes 2 to 9 that do not appear in the Special Edition CD’s. Are you saying that some of the content in the Special Edition CD’s appeared in Volumes 9 to 15? If so, if I bought the Volume 2 to 9 CD now, and then
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I have the following books - Advanced Custom Rod Building – Clemens Fiberglass Rod Making – Clemens Graphite Rod Repair – Garcia Rod-Building Guide - Kirkman The Technology of Fly Rods – Phillips RodMaker Magazine has a series of Special Edition CD’s – Tools, Fixtures & Shops - $29.95 Rod Guide Sizing - $29.95 Task Specific Ro
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