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calstar gf800ml
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first build on batson blank with patriotic theme
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this was my first attempt at a fish pattern...you can see quite a few mistakes I made during the packing and filling in process..I think I've solved the problem and will see on the next one
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same pattern as before with different colors
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my first butt wrap
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I have a friend who broke a custom bottom rod right above the second guide. Can it be repaired ???I am concerned with size of the fish we catch here that the rod might not hold up and dont want to waste my time if it is not worth trying to save it. Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.
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For r what it is worth i love the seeker hercules 60h for jigging. Lighweight and powerfull!!!
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I'm in Fort Myers Dave
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Roger, I think an appology is needed..sorry bro..I believe I misunder stood your intentions with your post earlier...I thought you just being a smart----and took it the wrong way..after I re read your post I realised my mistake Dave
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fred...that is pretty much what i'm trying find out before I experiment myself...there could be a valid reason...maybe not...just wanted to start a discussion on the board and find out Dave
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Roger, really? thanks for the insightful tid bit...but I think you are missing the point..thinking outside box..normal is boring...if i wanted normal would called a supplier to get info on the different brands of finish and not wasted time posting a thread ,besides i went the "normal" route several days ago on this forum. Dave
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I have noticed several posts of builders who mix different brands finishes. why do this? what does it do to the properties of the finish? I believe one builder mixes threadmaster and either aftkote or prokote..what is the final result? Could someone please elaborate for me, as i wish to do some experimenting but don't want to waste too much time. Dave
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Ya'll are probably right...rod holders are likely the culprit and my first guess...but according to the customer they are custom rod holders with soft rubber inserts to keep the rods from getting banged up....which was one of the reasons he wanted split grips in the fisrt place. Ive never used another finish besides flex coat lite..as i have become comfortable with both of them....I assume with
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Anyone had any issues with flex coat high build chipping off from over abalone? used 4 coats over the abalone in the split grip...customer says that the finish is cracking and peeling off of 2 of the 4 king rods i built him and only in the split grip section....at first a thought it could be the rod holders fault, but he has soft cushion inserts inside the rod holders so now i'm confused. i hand
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those colors should go well together, just red,black,gold,white and navy blue Dave
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normally as most of yall know, I usually do cross wraps and never got into tiger wraps, wifey wants one on a rod im building for her. my question is how do you determine what color threads to use to get the desired effect? Im looking to have a red tiger wrap, so obviously red is one color...the other? Dave
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Billy, diameter is 15mm butt, 14mm mid, 13mm tip Dave
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hey everyone, i'm having pc issues and can't get vis wrap to work....could one of yall with the program give me the taper offset, the blank measurements are 46mm butt, 43mm mid, 41mm tip..overall length, 160mm...thanks everyone...if yall need to know what wrap I am doing, its the pinwheel. Dave
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hello everyone....i am looking for a new brand of cp...about to start a rod using madira thread for the first time...everyone else is using it, guess i'll give it a whirl. I was using casons cyrstal clear..it works great but doesnt seem to lock threads in place on my cross wraps as well as other brands ive used. any suggestions? Dave
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i already told him that the movement of the rod tip during jigging there could be a possibility that the line could get fouled up,along with other disadvantages such as being heavy etc. he doesn't seem to budge an inch in his thinking...so i thought maybe i was missing a specfic application that im not familiar with Dave
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Hello everyone, I have a customer who wants the aftco casting ring roller tip on a seeker hurcules to be used for jigging....i can't really see any reason for this setup...am i missing something? Dave
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thanks Billy, up to this point wife and I have everything working except the taper offset window...it wont let me input my taper measurements...I was able to build a script for a simple chevron this morning with no issues...so I hope to be up and running soon Dave
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Just got vis wrap and I am having problems using software, can't get the script builder, taper offset to work and I keep getting a 339 error message saying the msflxgrd.ocx or one of it's dependencies is not correctectly registered or missing...I do have windows 7 and I think I installed it properly and did all the "special tweaks" according to the vis wrap site, not sure though as I'm
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It's not about the look... Over kill I know...he's the owner/operator of a charter fishing boatand he's is concerned wtb the grips getting torn up taking rods in and out of rod holders
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I recently built several trolling rods for a friend of mine. I would like to thank everyone for their advice. He loves his new rods. They have performed flawlessly. Encluding the catch and release of a white marlin. Now he wants some lighter trolling rods to be used for Kings. He did say that he wants unibutts on these rods as well to match his others. There are plenty of blanks out there that fi
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Hello everyone...I've been having trouble trying to figure out a wrap...I've personally have never seen this one before. Though I doubt it is anything new just inexperience on my part...I've tried several times to figure it out but for the life of me I'm stuck....and maybe another set of eyes can show me something I over looked...it was originally posted by a rodbuilder in another forum so I hop
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