I built a 7 wt from a Cabela's SLI, 9 ft. It is a moderate-fast. It casts some pretty good sized flies with ease. If you have a Cabelas near, you could look at a six or eight wt. I don't think they have a premade 7 wt.
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A butt wrap I still had taped to the blank had some Sulky Holoshimmer and Guderod HT Metallic gold in it. I did the tie down wrap with Ht Metallic gold. While removing the tape, the Holoshimmer started getting loose, them the Metallic gold started coming loose. After trying to salvage it for about 20 minutes, I finally ripped the whole wrap off. On the next attempt, should I? 1, tie down wit
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I have built several blue gill rods for people from 4 wt fly blanks. You might visit a fly shop and handle a couple 2 or 3 wt. rods to see what you think. You may be able to find a six ft. 2 wt blank
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Be carefull what you polish silver plate with. The silver can be taken off with the wrong polish. Just wipe with water
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ND's colors are gold and blue. The Green is used for novelty and the special occations when they loose.
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I'm very interested in improving my featherwork also. Any help Mike? George Wright
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I have learned a lot from this site and the people on it. As I approach retirement I have found a hobby that has benefited both me and a hand full of friends. Thanks. Now, A friend asked what I could do for his grandfather's old fiberglass fly rod. I don't think it had had the two sections sepperated for years. I tried cold, heat and WD-40. Finally,I used just a little penetrating spray called
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Has anyone have experience with Mudd Hole hypalon grips? I want to build a split grip, 8 ft. spin rod. Is it easy to cut and shape? Is it harder than EVA?
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I have only built three rods, but am addicted. What is the best way to cut pree assembled cork handles?
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What do you think about using nylon mono as a ferrule wrap? The nylon mono is sewing thread, .005 dia. grayish in color. Would make two wraps. It will be vertually invisible on a black blank.
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I'm new to rod building so I was practicing inlays, wraps,& applying flex coat. I wrote some letters on the blank, [ practice, WHEW ] I let the writing dry one hour while a small flood light was shining on the blank. When I applied the Flex Coat I noticed what I first though was bubbles. It turned out to be very small flecks of green from the green gel pen. The pen was a Pentel, Meta
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Are casting guides about the same size as fly stripper guides? Is a size 10 about the same size in both? Getting ready to order tich guides for a fly rod. Single foot on the upper guides . I have seen more options in casting guides as opposed to strippers.
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I'm very sorry, but none of the replys to my post are readable on my end. I must have forgotten to log on? Still would like to know of 3 or 4 four piece 7 wt.. fly rod blanks in medium, fast action.
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