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2 years ago
mike lepori
Hi Amber, I am a newbie myself and still have a ton to learn. I have built 4 rods now and just recently found this site. I wish I would have found this prior to my rod builds. I watched a lot of videos on YouTube and mudhole videos when I started my first rod. I thought I was good to go and was going to take it slow so I wouldn't mess up, but that didn't work out so well. I have learned a lot fr
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2 years ago
mike lepori
Just noticed my post. Didn’t realize I input question marks. Didn’t mean to do that so wasn’t being sarcastic with my post. Mike
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2 years ago
mike lepori
Thank you all so much! The comment about getting older and vision is spot on. My first build used 5mm guides and it’s tough to thread the line through without reading glasses. Last build I used 6mm and was much better. Wish I had found this site a while back before I started my other rods. They work ok and I don’t have any issues and used spacing charts when I did those guides but I want the be
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2 years ago
mike lepori
Thank you for the response. I will check out anglers resource this evening. I’ve got some time before rod and parts get here so doing research so that I’m ready when it arrives. Appreciate the advice????????
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2 years ago
mike lepori
Hello Everyone, Brand new to this site and first post. I have been trying to find optimal guide spacing for casting rods. I have built 4 casting rods now and used the spacing charts i have printed off. After reading some posts on here i would like to make sure i do things the correct way and make rods the best they can be. I found the 27X method for the spinning rods that i plan on using on my
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