I just had a thought and wondered if anyone has experimented with replacing the epoxy used to cover wraps with UV Resin.
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The parts and blank showed up yesterday. I had to ream the crap out of the reel seat and grip but everything fits well now, although it's snug. Having doubts about the single foot running guides an wondering if the fly line will have any difficulty sliding through them. Didn't need a stent, but it was close.
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Guide spacing is my next issue. Suggestions?
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Good info. Thanks
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Thanks, Les. I'll look into the single foots guides. Half the wraps is a good idea. Also what diameter would you suggest for a winding check. I roughly calculated .457".
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I didn't realize that. I'll give the stents another look. Thanks for the advice on the guides. I'm thinking about going with 12mm, 10mm, then 1 4mm, 3 3mm, 2 2mm snakes and a 4mm tip top.
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I've never used stents. Always heard that reaming them out could be a problem, so I've always just used tape to build up the needed fill space. Did you use one or two stripping guides? How many snake guides? I was leaning towards the gray 5wt also.
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Hello gang, New to the sight and would really appreciate suggestions on the components for my build. I havent' built a fly rod for about 35 years but decided to try one of the newer glass rods. I bought a completed rod from Moonlit (s-glass), like it and now I wan't to put an Iconoglass 5wt 8' together using an NFC blank. I read somewhere that due to a larger butt size, reel seats may be hard
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