Not much experience on the Gen 1. I own the Gen 2’s in the 11’ 2-5 oz paired with an Akios 555 to use for Pompano fishing. I absolutely love it. By far my favorite surf rods.
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Tommy Farmer’s Carolina Cast Pro Gen 2 blank. 13’ 3-6oz. It’s a great rod.
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Alconite or Torzite KW guides all the way and then a MN tip top. Tip top needs a “tang” on the end so that you can run thread on it as well. All my runner guides are a minimum of 10mm including my tip top.
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The Carolina Cast Pro 11’ is paired with an Akios 555 CTM for pompano/sea mullet. I have one rodgeeks 10’ 1-4 fast action paired with an abu 5600 for the same species. I have them spooled with 12lb suffix tritanium with 20lb flouro shock leader.
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I have built several on the rodgeeks surf series and they are great rods. I have 9’ and a 10’ footers that I personally fish with at Hatteras. I did just buy a Carolina Cast Pro 11’ which is 2-6oz that I have fallen in love with. Both 9 and 10 footers are setup for spinners which are 3 and 4000 series Daiwa spooled with mono. I used the rodgeeks guide layout but increased the size of the guide tr
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Thank you for your input Roger. I have held off on the epoxy just for that reason.
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I used the Proseal. I let it dry overnight so i think i will be fine if i epoxy this afternoon. Thank you for the input!
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Thank you for the response. I did put the color perservative on the threads because I used bright threads. I do have a dryer and I really appreciate your response and guidance. This is the first rod that I have ever built and I wanna do it right the first time. Thanks again.
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I am a newbie builder and I am looking for some help on a chevron design that i created on a rod. What is the create way to epoxy the thread? Do i let it rotate and just let the brush go in the direction of the thread? I look forward to the responses. Thanks.
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