Thank you for making that clear Tom.
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I recently fixed a friends Penn slammer rod that had a guide broke. The guide was called a spinning guide by a person making a reference apparently because a lot of name name brand companies do this on their heavy spinning rods(using heavy casting guides in place of double foot heavy spinning guides)..i thought a spinning rod would want a high guide from the frame and less wind drag on the cast?
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Tom and Bill, i'm amazed!!! thank you tremendously for making that clear and including those useful options to help compensate for that particular situation on future builds. All the very best to everyone this 4th of July .
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I have noticed that some of the rod blanks I receive new and after they are built are slightly warped to one side of the spine.. I hand wrap my blanks and this occurred on most of the spinning rods of all different length, brands, and stiffness..even a row piece rod. I store my rods and blanks in a totally vertical position in a rack with no pressure from tip to just below or above the butt
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Last August 24 i took the mudhole rod building class..and from that day my life has completely changed for the better. In a very short period i have consumed as much info and knowledge as retainable..So learning the basics taught in the class, i continued to search and seek the methods used by the guru's and experienced rod crafters . Long over do and a feeling of making up for the lost years i o
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Thank you all for the quick responses and useful help!!! Happy New year !!!
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I was wondering if anyone uses plate type reels seats for light spinning and surf spinning rods and could offer some adve on attaching them to the rod blanki. I wanted to build something different and bought a couple fuji plate reel seats..one with cushions and skirts and the other is a smaller all metall plate without any cushion or skirts. not to assume correct but I was wondering .. co
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@ Kevin..sweet gallery of veneer and I will be ordering a couple sheet in the near future... So from what I read , you only use hot water with your product??
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Wow!!!! I'm so greatful for this site!! Thanks again Tom and Kevin and for everyones quick responses and pointing me in the right direction for success next time..
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I put abalone sheet inlay on the rod blank after watching 2 different videos.. 1st Video used bowl of warm water to soak abalone sheet, burnishing tool and heat gun..2nd Video only used burnishing tool and heat gun.. I followed the 2nd video step by step, followed by wrapping with size A thread until it cool for 30 minutes.. Unfortunetly there are some cracks after I wrapped the ends and
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Don, top notch work there!! Love the slit grips..thanks for sharing!! ..Cork is mention in the library on this forum..and Pac Bay has cork reel seat arbors for some of the metal fly rod seats?????? I don't fly fish..So what's the deal there??
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I greatly appreciate everyones generous input and knowledge .. THANKS!!!!
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No 1000 lb. Tuna..more like 165lb + Tarpon in the keys and 30lb+ Permit on offshore West Pam Beach/Broward county wrecks. 7'6 Lamiglas graphite inshore classic. 1/2oz-3oz lure weight .705 o.d. butt. Ft. Lauderdale
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Im stumped. Im taking the challenge of building my first heavy spinning rod. Just wondering if anyone uses Cork in between the reel seat and blank for thier heavy spinning reelseat arbors/bushings?? I have heard some preffer building up dacron or heavy butt cord/ cotton like threaded twine, glued then fitting the reel seat after the area has dried and been preped. I do not use tape , tho i o
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