spinning rod, he is going to be casting 1/16-1/8 oz jigs with NO bobber. I think i got it figuted out, the guides just seem small for a spinning rod, but after test casting, it appears to cast well. thanks for all your advice...eric
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ok, the spool is 1.375 in diameter X27=37 1/8, is that distance from the butt of the rod or spool of the reel? how do I determione the size of the choker guide? thanks again for your time
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I am building a crappie rod for a friend and have never use the concept system for such a rod. the blank is a St. Croix SCIII 3S80MLM2 8" ML/ the guides I am using are Fuji CYAG's and CLAG's. When i place the rod with reel (spool removed) where the intersection is approximately in the middle of the blank, but since the reel is very small the place i would set my smallest guide (CLAG-6) is t
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could someone help me with trying to find a 10'6" or 11' 9/10 fly blank. I have been looking around and have had no luck, just 10'6" 8wt or longer spey rods. thanks for your time and advice.............eric
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I was looking for something in the 4-8 lb rating, the rod will be used to cast small jigs (1/16) from a boat. I looked for a rod that matches what i want and am unable to find one. there are manufactures out there that design crappie rods (B n' M), which is why I don't understand why I can't find a blank. thanks again for the advice.
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I recently post about help selecting a 8' crappie blank in the ultra-lite/lite range and discovered that no manufacture produced a blank that met the requirements I was looking for. I receive advice from some members of this board with experience building crappie rods and found I could use a fly rod blank, extend a 7' blank or trim a 8 1/2' or 9' steelhead blank. After consulting more help it was
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Could anyone suggest a good 8' blank for crappie fishing my friend ask me to build him one and I no nothing about crappie fishing. He uses 4-6 lb test line and cast with small jigs from a boat (does not fish directly below the boat). any suggestions would be appriciated. thanks for your time......eric
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I recently stripped all the guides off one of the first rods I build years ago. once i removed the guides i tried to get the rest of the epoxy that was left on the blank off, I did some searching on here and found about using heat (hair dryer) this worked but started to remove some of the original finish. So i decided to completely remove the entire finish and start from scratch. tried the hair d
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My buddy want me to build him a 7'6" crappie rod. he wants it to be ultra lite or micro. I am having trouble finding a blank that length and size. He already has a cheep on that was purchased retail, so I'm sure they make a blank, but I can't seem to find one. Thanks for any advice.......................Eric
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is the standard wrap length that should be used on ferrels? or should the wrap be just small enough the support the male end, or should it run the whole length the female end is in?
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I was out of rod building for about a year and have recently gotten back into it. I have been hearing alot about only using 3 quide sizes on fly rods from the article (which I plan to back order soon), but the idea is new to me. I am making 2 new rods and have already made a third, on the first I built a 10' 8wt and I sized the guides from size 16 and 12 strippers and then ran size 8's the rest o
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does anyone know where I can find skeleton parts only for Struble fly reel seats? I checked alot of sellers and have only found them with the wood insert included. I was looking for either the U-20, U-24 or U-17 models in skeleton only. thanks for any help?
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I will be making my first salmon/steelhead rod shortly, but don't have any experience for a rod of this size. Any suggestions on guide sizing using fiji TSG SIC single foot guides. Also what would be the best stripping SIC guide to use for this, i have read of going with a size 16 and 12, but don't have the experience. thanks in advance for your help.
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any suggestions on guides to put on a 5wt 9" fly rod primarly used for medium river trout and a 8wt 10' fly rod to be used from salmon/steelhead? I heard alot about the REC recoil guides for lighter rods, but never had any experience with them yet vs. the single foot insert guides. On the larger rod I would like to use fuji single foot with insert, but not sure what is best price and duribil
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any suggestions on an all purpose salmon/steelhead fly blank for the great lake (erie & onterio) around 9-10 feet 9wt. thanks in advance for any suggestions.
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sorry, spinning rod ( not a noodle rod though)
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I am looking for suggestions for a Great Lakes all purpose Salmon/Steelhead blank. thanks in advance for any suggestions.
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any good suggestions for a crappie rod, appx 6' in length
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No ken, it broke between the 4th and 5th guide, no cause to me sharpening the quide feet too much.
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thanks for all the advice earlier. I was curious why the blank would break clean. there was no splintering just a clean break?....thanks again
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Thanks again for all the advise. after looking at the blank I am curious what would cause a clean break. I assumed if ti was over stresses of broke in some other manner (car trunk or something) that they would splinter? thanks again to all
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A fly rod i built for a customer a year ago recently broke and i will obviously replace it for him, but I had a question for those who have encountered this before. The rod broke about 4 guides down from the tip on the upper section fo the blank it was of no fault of the customers, but broke in an area where it could have only been cause by a defect in the blank. Could i just order the same bla
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For those of you who turn your own reel seat insert, how do you but the groove in them if you want one(the groove the the reel feet sets between)? I heard of using a dremel, but im not sure how acurate this would be. I would like some advice before i mess up a nice piece of stabilized wood. Thanks in advance.............eric
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