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4 years ago
John Lively
I did exactly what you are suggesting a few years ago. Wanted a rod for centerpinning and spinning for steelhead. Started with a 9'6" St Croix, and used it for a year or two. Wasn't unhappy with it, but then built a 10'6" rod to get better control/longer drifts and castability with the centerpin. And now I'm building an 11'6" just for centerpinning and have a spinning reel on the
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4 years ago
John Lively
I'm building a CP rod on a Lamiglas blank (GP1382ML - G1000 Pro) and haven't been able to get a spacing chart out of Lamiglas for it. I found a Rainshadow guide chart for a same sized blank that uses 11 guides. I had a low end 11'6" rod that broke in half that had 12 guides and I measured the spacing of that also, which turned out to be quite different from the RS spcing. The new rod will
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4 years ago
John Lively
Several good leads to follow up on.. Thanks so much. This site rocks as usual.
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4 years ago
John Lively
Hi - does anyone know of a suitable rod blank to make a 11'6" centerpin rod? The only one I've turned up online is by Raven in IM6 and a dealer told me it's backordered for several months due to production defects with the last batch. This rod will be used for New York state tribs steelhead mainly. All other blanks I've seen online designated for centerpin are 13' and longer, which is not i
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