Inshore North Carolina trout and drum(redfish) and some striped bass: -IMMWS72ML w/ Fuji KR/KL-H -American Tackle CB72 6-12 built as a spinning rod with the same style guides Delaware and Points north for spring run striped bass from the surf and rock lined back bay: -NFC MB 808-1 (IM) w/Fuji KR/KL-H Titanium Torzite.
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Tom Kirkman Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The line path will tell you what size and height > guides to use and where to space them. It's all > too easy if you forget about pre-selecting your > guides and trying to get the line path to conform > to your guide train. Do it the other way around. > > I got to look at many rods built to
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While I read a lot more than I contribute on this board, I'm happy to share how I do it. I usually only buy 1/2" thick cork rings that are 1 1/4" in diameter with a predrilled 1/4" hole in the center. I glue the cork rings in "clamps" made of 1/4" all-thread, fender washers and wing nuts. I use the gulf wax you mention on the section of all-thread that will ho
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Yes Tom, Confirmed this to be the case after calling and being told basically, to go back and refer to my order confirmation emails. Searching through back emails not nearly as efficient as looking at past orders for guide sets, reduction trains that work, just as examples. If I had known this was coming I would have downloaded all the past orders in .pdf's and had a contained set to search. N
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ODM Frontier X 9'6" 3/4-4oz 2pc 70/30 split is the first and closest thing I found. Maybe check CTS and Century. None of these are inexpensive. MHX has two piece 9' that covers the range your looking for but I didn't find the split specified. Last edit Another of the sponsors to the left, Get Bit has Black Hole Cape Cod 9'2" rated 3/4-3oz with 60/40 split. (at least the f
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I am with the previous three poster's answers. I do it on all micro's and all KL-H.
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Everybody has their own idea of what the holy grail of rods for a given purpose is and my input to this thread is completely anecdotal compared to Michael's CCS. Even more useless for the OP's freshwater (I think) application. However with that disclaimer out of the way, if I could only have two rods to fish with here in eastern NC, they would be rods build on these two blanks. Both rods are r
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Tony Boschi Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Lets all be prepared for next year! Agreed, and pray that there is one next year, Feb. '22. Last year was supposed to be the last.
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Personally, I am glad this company made their products more accessible to the individual builder through the Rod Builder Warehouse site to the left. If I understand correctly, they used to only supply large factory rod companies. After meeting Rick Hall at last years ICRBE and dealing with Arthur Lin via email through the course of this year, I am really happy with their High Frame titanium spi
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John Etheridge Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Ok, rainshadow immp76mh-tc with carbon fiber split > grips for spinning reel, probably a stradic > 3000/4000. Fuji KR guides, what determines spacing? Size of guides? >> The size of the reel as you've stated above, the overall length of the blank, the distance from the reel spool stem to the
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American Tackle Bushido Popping & Crankbait Rod Blank CB72/6-12. Build it with Microwave/Airwaves or Fuji KR's depending on your reel seat and grip choices your right around $100.00
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Mr. Wilson, I have a similar (or the same) setup as the OP describes and your solution of the dc motor with the variable speed controller is the simplest most concise I've seen. Having read about the benefits of applying thread epoxy at a higher speed, this got my attention as a very worthwhile upgrade. I have a few questions and was wondering whether it would be appropriate to post them here
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Sorry, stupid post. Should have done a lot more research. Moderator please delete
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In the spirit of the OP's post; has anybody used material other than the carbon fiber tube in these seats? Thanks, George
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Fred Yarmolowicz Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Ken most builders I know fantasize about going > into business.,what could be better ?? You are > doing something you love. Problem is it at one > point becomes a job And the enjoyment you get > from building becomes the stress you were > relieving with your rod building hobby. App
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Could it just be that they don't look right, when built on a production rod, like they initially didn't to me? All my rods look "funny" now to me I'll admit, but I would not go back to cone-of-flight now in my sixties for any of those rods regardless of the blank they might be wrapped on. All the old arguments against may come into play: too many guides = too much line contact = reduc
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Hello All, I've dabbled in rod building off and on for 40 years, and I haven't posted much here since joining in 2004. I've watched this thread since this morning and while I don't have any technical data to make the case one way or the other, I can say without a doubt that these guides and the reduction train guides that go before them are THE reason I have gone full bore back into rod buildin
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Pat, Ken Preston explains and demonstrates this in his DVD. He changes a black blank to the old fenwick mustard yellow colored surf rod kind of blank. R/ George Mason
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It just worked great for me on a black matte finish blank. Decal was from Jimi at Decal Connection and now looks great under two coats of LS Supreme. It looks as if it was hand lettered with no sign of the decal edges or bubbles. I will try to post a picture.
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I have some laying around also. I did a search here with the same question about the stuff and the general consensus was that it is not for fishing rods. (hijack on) - I just finished a rod for my wife with LS supreme and now need more - was wondering whether to get more Flex coat high build or the new LS high build; guess I'll be safe and buy both (hijack off) ghmason --------------------
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Here's hoping they bring whatever they have left over from what they are going to discontinue to Charlotte.
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