2 decades huh? Well. I like it here under my rock. The views not great but people, for the most part leave me alone. Cheers.
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2 decades huh? Well. I like it here under my rock. The views not great but people, for the most part leave me alone. Cheers.
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I'm pretty sure I'm not the first person to do this but it's made my life so much easier I thought I'd share it. For gluing up cork rings I use a DeWalt one handed clamp, I drilled a 5/16 hole in the pad one side and 5/16 slot in the other (editor's note, he had his son do it because he would have just made a mess of it). By looking at the picture you can guess the rest. It's infinitely easier
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Ah ha. I see the logic in it now. I probably still won't do it since I make mostly 3-5 wt rods, but at least I understand and appreciate why it's done. Thank for responding.
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Can someone tell why I often see fly rods, even 7 1/2 foot rods with two stripping guilds? It seems unnecessary.
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Thanks
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Thanks. I take it that your putting it on thin enough and it dries fast enough that no spinning is required. Probably just hang it from the handle end, fully assembled and masked, apply it and let it hang dry. Bruce Davenport
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I've been building rods for a long time. In the last couple years I've started to sell them. 99% of the blanks I buy are finished. The few that were unfinished I bought because I wanted that size and weight rod. I don't like infinished blanks: in my opinion they're not as attractive and they're harder to keep my gruby fingerprints off of. So here I am with an unfinished blank. In the past I've
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