I need a bit of help identifying a guide on a rod that I'm repairing ... it is a Diawa flipping rod (short collapsible section at the butt) with a counter-weighted grip, guides near the tip are single-foot, solid frame, gold in color. Everything that I've found that looks similar are fly guides. Anybody have any ideas?
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Hello again - I am building a 7' hvy spinning rod for a friend, and he wanted to have one of the above reel seat/handle combinations installed on the rod. After a lot of looking and head-scratching, I'm trying to figure out how to best go about installing it on the rod. The cork handle is inletted for the reel seat, and my normal order-of-operations won't work (mount cork, build up bushings for
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Hey Guys, I'm trying to find single-foot A-frame guides ... the only ones that I have been able to find so far are the new Amtak Titans. Are there any others available? Thanks. Bill
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The instructions say to fill the bottom of the reel seat up with epoxy, it is a friction fit on the blank, and I was just trying to figure out the order of operations ... this is the first exposed blank reel seat I've done ....
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Hey guys, I'm building a casting rod and I'm using an exposed blank reel seat. The instructions with the reel seat say to install the reel seat first ( for obvious reasons), and to install the rear grip from the butt of the rod. My issue, I'm using an eva grip, and the ID is smaller than the diameter of the rod butt ... What is the best way for me to install the rear grip and in
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Hey guys, I'm building a casting rod and I'm using an exposeed blank reel seat. The instructions with the reel seat say to install the reel seat first ( for obvious reasons), and to install the rear grip from the butt of the rod. My issue, I'm using an eva grip, and the ID is smaller than the diameter of the rod butt ... What is the best way for me to install the rear grip and i
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Hey guys, The wife's brother-in-law wants me to build him another 7' casting rod for carolina rigging. I'm thinking about using a Gator Glass blank, but I don't know much about them ........ Anybody have any experience with them? Anything at all? Thanks.
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Hello all. I've just completed a 7' heavy action worm rod for my wife's brother-in-law. I wrote on the scuffed blank with gel pens and Sanford slim tip metallic marker, but when I tried to put the finish on, everything smeared. I'd let the inscriptions dry/set for over a week prior to finishing. Luckily, I was able to clean everything off with a bit of acetone, but I can't help but think that
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