Maybe one of these might work for you. I built on a Pac Bay blank that's pretty much the same thing I believe just more pricey in most cases. I built mine for Great Lakes Trout, Salmon and Carp so I don't see why it wouldn't work for you if your after redfish, snook and fish like that, you didn't say so I'm just guessing. I could be wrong though I'm certainly no expert. It definitely has a fa
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I think this is probably the video.
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Thanks for the reply Norman. Yeah I think I've got it figured out, mostly thanks to this forum and the regular posters here. You guys are appreciated more than you know. A big thanks. I'm gonna be super happy with this rod. I'll be primarily using it on Lake Michigan. There's a lot of access around me that's fish able, some really big fish too. Steelhead run in the river in the spring. Smallmo
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Norman your exactly right I ordered the guides when I ordered the blank. I should have waited so I could get the handle and reel squared away. Then I could have found the proper alignment line and shopped for guides based upon my needs there. Definitely learned a lesson here, to wait until I get the blank and the handle built before I order guides. I almost broke down and ordered some of the Fuj
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Thanks Tom that was exactly what I needed to hear. That the straight line was most important not so much where it is in relation to the spool. I think it's really making sense to me now. I guess some test casting is in order. Thank again to everyone who offered their expertise.
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Thanks Bill, I have read all that stuff and have tried to implement it all but have run into problems with guides not being tall enough or having to move them an excessive distance from the reel. Tom I'll be primarily running 10# mono, maybe up to 12 but probably not any bigger than that. Do you guys get what I mean when I say the line between the choker and the spindle? It is explained in
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Roger, So I shouldn't worry too much about the guides lining up with the center of the reel spool and the choker guide? Just trying to get them placed where I'm going to see the best performance. Gonna be fishing from shore a lot with this rod so I'd like it to cast really well. I've read up quite a bit on the new guide concept and the 27x method. With the placement you've suggested the guides
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I'm setting up a 9' spinning rod on a Pac Bay T2SP1085-2 and I'm having trouble with the reduction train. I measured the spool diameter and multiplied by 27. Choker is placed 62.75" away from top of line spool. I ran a straight line from the choker to the spindle on the reel. From the butt end I started with a 40 then 30, 20, 12 and choker is size 7 ring. The 12, 20 and 30 all line right
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Yeah, thats a great library, learned a lot from there already. Just checked out the thread inlay tutorial, think I might try one tomorrow for practice, dosen't look too hard. Oh yeah I'm from Petoskey, way up towards the tip of the mitt. Its ok fishing here, not like you have though.
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Hi everyone, thought I would sign up after a couple of weeks lurking. I've wanted to build a rod for a couple of years now but I had so many already. Well this spring I went to the basement to get my rods ready for spring fishing and they weren't there. I've looked everywhere the best ones are gone. I'm glad I didn't have anything really expensive. The up side is that now I can build a couple of
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