Ditto on Mel's thread--anyone know what happened to Dan Craft Enterprises?
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John, Thanks. I'm a big fan of longer fly rods as well--which is why I wanted to learn more about them to begin with. Thank you for your input!
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Spencer, Thank you. Haven't fished Dan Craft Sig V, but I've heard they're similar to Z-axis, and I'm familiar with them. Thanks for your input!
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Thanks Spencer for letting me know it's a nice stick. I guess I've been out of the loop lately, and couldn't find much info about them. How did it compare to other blanks?
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David, thank you for responding. I totally agree, I don't like the metallic brown either, but I saw where Hook & Hackle is offering them in matte charcoal. I didn't know that Quickline was discontinued, so thanks for letting me know.
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I don't post very often, but I'm not a big fan of FB--and I can't find any reviews of these blanks. It seems like the forums have become "old school," which seems REALLY weird to someone my age! I'm particularly interested in the 10' 3" 4 & 5 weights. How do they compare to MHX, Batson, (or even quickline), or other blanks? The advertising states "IM7 fast action designe
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Thank you all very much for the input! Tom-that's a good point about the cork inserts, which are pretty soft. Roger, that diamond willow sounds awesome! So, what would be a good finish? Would, say, marine varnish work? Thanks for the info!
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Question for rod builders: Does anyone have (or has anyone had) experience using softwoods to turn reel seat inserts? If so, are there any durability issues, since they are not as hard as hardwoods, or does the kind/type of finish used alleviate that? I have no experience with this, but I've been eyeballing some softwoods that I thought would make some really cool reel seats, so I was just cur
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Another suggestion-along the lines of color twist threads: how about a patriotic twist thread; like red, white & blue-or at least red/blue?
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Forgot to mention-I would love to see a thread color that matches fuji's titanium guides perfectly!
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Ditto on some of the other suggestions, particularly the Gudebrod classic twist-like the black/white & the green/black, green/red, rust/black we lost. I also really liked the transparent thread idea.
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