I went to a fabric store years ago and got a few types of fabrics that I thought would be great for rod sleeves and then brought them to a sewing shop and told them what I wanted them to do and they did a stellar job . I use them to store my surf rods and each sleeve has two separate sections which stores the butt and top half separately .
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Les, to be honest I don't have any secret or magical rigs, what I use the long cast reels for is mostly metals to reach far out predatory fish attacking schools of menhaden off the beaches . I whole heartedly agree with everything you said above , I want to make it clear I'm not criticizing anybody over what they like and use . When John said he was told early on that the leader should be at
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No doubt we seem to have very different experiences , I don't get what you mean about how tight the line is on the spool , spool size differences have nothing to do at all with how tight one can spool line but it sounds like you had this issue many years ago which is to be expected because braids and non braided lines were not nearly as good as they are today . I think everybody knows that for
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I find the opposite of David meaning the smaller the spool diameter the better it is with stiffer and less supple lines because the smaller diameter the reel spool is the smaller diameter coils it throws . That's why whenever I do spool up with heavier less supple line I always choose reels with a smaller spool diameter. With light braid you can use spinners with huge spool diameters and it will
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Contact a mod if you want to know the reasons , this isn't the place for that stuff to be revealed .
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My apologies to Les and to David if I read it wrong which I apparently did . I saw my name at the end of the post Les made and I thought back to comments I made in older threads and I do remember saying that if the line you choose is supple and forgiving enough that reel upsweep and spool diameter etc is essentially a non factor or not near the factor it would be compared to using a heavier less
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Just a FWIW , when I say line choice decides everything what I mean is how important factors like upsweep angle , spool diameter become is based on your line choice . Light supple braid works incredible well regardless of a reels upsweep angle and spool diameter but once you move to another line size or type, upsweep angle , spool diameter , guide types, size , height and placement become much m
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Some have made the comment that spool up sweep angle plays little to no role in how the line leaves the reel as it is pulled through the guides. I can buy this idea especially with light braid. What do you think? I really value your input because you use straight fluorocarbon line and don't "cheat" by using light braid that makes up for a multitude of guide layout sins. Ha! The way I fi
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Actually the reduction guides DO NOT need to be setup so it forms a bullseye alignment , that's just a myth . Take Tom's spinning setup that achieves extra casting distance by having two guide rings the same size one after the other employed in the reduction train . There are endless ways you can setup reduction and running guide trains that don't follow any of Fuji's recommendations that perform
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I prefer rigid polyurethane myself but have used masking tape on larger surf rod builds because I couldn't find an arbor suitable for the larger butt section of my surf rods . I don't just use 3 small sections of tape for the length of the reel seat though because it doesn't offer the seat as nearly as much contact area as I prefer . I want the length of the entire reel seat to make contact und
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Fuji's new guidelines for their KR concept guides are a little nuts lol. Their recommendations were very sound and reasonable until they added braids up to 50 pounds. Now I know Fuji's goal is to sell as many guides as possible but 50 pound braid has no business being paired with a single foot KL25H , it's not the height or size of the ring that's wrong . Fuji got those things right, it's
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Chris Rosell Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Are they being offered in Torzite? Torzite is a Fuji ceramic , these are NFC .
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If you want to know with absolute certainty how efficient your guide train setup is your best bet is to spool up with a line that's a little heavier than you plan on fishing with . With light supple lines it will be exceedingly difficult to determine any differences in how effective subtle tweaks to the guide train are but a heavier less supple line will reveal any issues immediately . If yo
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Very nice Job Al , can't go wrong with a Stradic FL 2500 either .
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I'll give the same advice I give about power wrapping stations , if you're considering purchasing one ask yourself how many rods do you really plan on building and then decide if the cost makes sense . Same deal with labels , if you don't plan on building lots and lots of rods I would go with Decal Connection but if you do plan on getting heavily involved in the rod building business and don't m
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It all comes down to what the line choice is , it determines EVERYTHING when referring to spinning setups .
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USPS likes to send packages on world tours sometimes , been there .
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I would seriously consider a sticky on rod spine , something in the library that thoroughly covers it instead of just how to build a spine finder . We shouldn't have to go multiple pages every time the question about rod spine is asked because it's the exact same arguments and counter arguments every time and most newbies aren't familiar with the archives. I will say this , as highly respec
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While it is true that you're unlikely to see any differences in minor guide spacing differences when using light and supple braided lines that's not the case at all when using heavier braids and other types of lines. It's the main reason I always use a heavier line to test guide spacings because light braids will work very well even with mediocre at best layouts and will not reveal area's that c
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Fuji's software is for reduction guide and choke guide recommendations only , I pay no mind to running guide recommendations at all and the reason for that is because Fuji's software doesn't know how stiff or soft a blank is . Comprehensive static guide testing is the only surefire way to know how many running guides a certain blank will require .
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Why is it so difficult to wait for something is my question ? The only reason I could see getting upset about waiting is if I was promised something during a specific time period and the wait ended up being much much longer but that's exceptionally rare . At one point a long long time ago NFC's customer service was a major problem where a customer could rarely get in contact with them or get
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What I've seen on forums especially lately is nothing but praise for NFC not criticism . Anybody that says there are other manufacturers offering the same performance/quality that NFC offers better think again.
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That's all you can do Panagiotis . The people offering suggestions want one thing and that is for you to end up being very pleased in the end with whatever you decide to do.
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"Chris, as i can understand you are a f?n of the rapid choke concept and you believe that less reduction guides (for "thin" braids like japanese PE 1.5) give a better casting result. You have tried it, so i certainly i give also a try" Panagiotis , the whole premise behind the KR concept is to choke the line down as quickly as possible and the only way that can be acco
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If you're talking about the most expensive rods in the $1000.00 plus range you can definitely build cheaper but the warranty those expensive rods offer is usually very very good even if a break is your own fault .
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Here are some things to keep in mind . If the goal from Panagiotis first post was to turn his rod which came standard with guide sizes 30,16,12,8,3x7,+7 tip into a true rapid choke KR concept rod . Moving to a 25 instead of the 30 and then using a 16,12,10,and 7's on out changes very very little from his initial setup of 30, 16,12 ,8 and 7's . His braid of choice while listed as a 30 po
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panagiotis zannetos Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I think I understand what you say. It seems > logical. What about the position of the first > reduction guide? 21.5 looks ok? Now it is > positioned quite higher from the reel. Most people who are not familiar with the KR concept look at it like " That won't work , the first reduc
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If you're using p.e 1.5 ygk on the excense 4000mg forget about the 16 size guide completely . You don't even need a 25 mm guide to start the reduction train, a size 20 mm is plenty large enough but if you prefer a 25 mm size that's fine also but you should drop the 16mm and go down to what Michael suggested which is a size 25 or 20 to a 12 or even 10 then to a 5.5 or 5 choke to size 5.5 or 5 r
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I've seen carbon fiber frames that actually look very much like standard metal frames and they look very sleek and not bulky or thick at all which surprised me . The NFC frames have a certain appeal to them and I'm not sure if I would prefer the NFC style or the style that looks a lot closer to traditional frames, I would have to see them in person but I'm leaning toward the NFC style . One
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I don't mind thicker frames and guide rings IF they end up being lighter than a titanium frame and guide ring of similar size . If they could make the frames as thin as stainless and titanium they would but I don't see that being possible with carbon fiber at this time . The bottom line for me is are they lighter than titanium framed guides of equal size . I also don't think you will be able t
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