Thanks guys for the quick reply time to break out the o ring kit and circle cutter and get busy. Alex.
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hello everyone just a couple of questions putting my old speed sticks back into service was there a washer in between the collet and the handle and was the o ring round or square / flat sided I cant recall these are the slip fit handles. any help is good help thanks. Alex.
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Hello every one I am putting my old speed sticks back in service but have a couple of questions was there ever a washer in between the handle and the collet also was the o ring round or the flat type these are the early slip fit handles any help is good help. thanks. Alex.
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Hello all just wondering if the ccs system can be used for fiberglass fly rods are there any changes that have to be taken into account before starting. thanks. Alex
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Good morning all heres a unique request ive been all over the internet looking for a special for lack of a better word reel seat that only fits the garcia mitchell 508-510 reels you know the ones with the forked reel foot somebody must have a line on where to find a few, been to @#$%& already have one in mint condition what i whant to do is build myself three new rods with modern materials can an
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Hey everybody got a question.has anybody had a problem with the line pileing to one side of the spool when useing spiral wrapped rods.
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Hello again everyone heres some decal 101 micro-sol and micro-set were designed for water slide decals in the plastic model industry and have been useing it for years on plastic models and its a great product when used correctly.micro-sol is used first to soften the decal and help it conform to the irregular surface on the model, the micro-set sets the decal on the surface no blotting required re
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Good morning to all who read this post. yesterday i posted my thoughts on the spiral wrap and can say that i seem to have struck up a what seems to be a hot topic within certain circles in the rod building community ive been reading the posts and can safely say i opened pandoras box with my post.now ive been recieving Toms magazine for sometime now and have learned quite alot from each issue. i a
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Hello everybody this is my first post and its about the stability that is claimed when useing spiral wrapped rods. i personaly have always built my casting rods the traditional way and have never had a problem with rod performance my rods dont twist no matter the size of the load i put on the rod i always find the spine of the rod and locate the guides accordingly spinning rods underneith, castin
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