You can wrap a base but is not nice....Send it back to exchange for the right size, is what I would do.
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Much better cheap (fly) rods that is produced in China and Korea, are made of Toray Carbon. Its not expensive anyway.
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Richard, I would advise you to buy a aluminum windingcheck that is 1 mm wider and NEVER smaller than the blank (to drill it out, is a @#$%& of a job..). The change that your rod will snap, if is is to tight in a (to small) winding check is present. Fill the gap, between the blank and the winding check with a (D size) winding tread (about 2 mm). After that, use winding epoxy to finish the job.
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I had a Winston LT 5 and have done it and discover that Winston use a tough foil an not paint, which was strongly attachted with the winding epoxy. I used a rasorblade and unlukely I damaged the foil.. That's the reason of my question. Maybe someone else had a beter idea tot prevent damaging the foil.
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I want to replace a stripping-eye from a Winston fly rod. I know that Winston use a strong (Winston) green foil over the (black) carbon blank and not paint. If you use a razor blade, you damage the blank easily. Have somebody experience with that ? Are there other option to remove the epoxy cleanly, without damaging the blank ? Thanks for any answers ! Tight lines
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