same species we fish for here in michigan, if you are fishing outside the large guides and tip tops are a plus. i build them both ways. most of these yankees down here sit in there heated coops and drink beer so big or small don,t matter lol. But ice fishing is a social thing. tight lines, john i like my heated coop
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I just noticed 6 to 9 tube size? What are you guys fishing for up there?
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Bruce, some guys use 16 spinning guide as a tip top. I got some from neals last year 16,s tip tops. You guys have the cold weather up there, you need the big ones. John
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Tim, I hear you on this one, very interesting, could be one heck of a good concept to use for jigging with a spinning rod on the detroit river. Holding a reel between your ring finger and your small finger as i do, with your first finger on the blank would be a good strike indicater. If you need any help on the r&d on this one let me know. I need to go and experiment on this for next sprin
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Tim, if you bought that loomis down to cabela,s i would return it, i fished the river today and a diawa line counter reel acted up, it is going back in the am. They take anything back if you are not happy. Ps what is a fly guy doing with a spinning rod anyway. lol, John
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Well, for what it is worth this is my opinion on hand wrapping versus power wrapping. I went to a Renzetti 3 years ago. After having wrapped 3 yrs on a hand wrapper and 3 on a power wrapper I will say a hand wrapper is like using a hand saw compared to a power saw,btw i am a carpenter by trade. The power wrapper is like having a third hand to me, once you get on to one of these machines there i
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Hi Tim, as you know most of my builds are spinning. i have a 10 fter. over here if you would like to have a look see. John
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HI Mike will be in charlotte in febuary, from what i hear about fletchers you will need the whooping stick a lot of urasian millfoil, but they are working on getting rid of it. Let me know how you do.
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Thanks guys, on my annual fall fishing trip this fall in the upper pen. of mi. with all the old regulars, these rods will be a hot topic around the dinner table i am shure. Good Fishing John
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Sounds good bill, i will have to have mikey b. down to serve when i entertain prospective clients
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I just built 2, 7 ft. blanks for walleye trolling. One i put the second guide up from the butt to 100 degrees the rest at 180 and called it good. I think it looks good and it fishs well for trolling, never tried to cast it. The second rod i followed the instructions in Rm mag, adding a guide between the butt guide and the second guide, bumper. Only 10'' between these guides so the bumper has 5
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David, i tried that little trick that Jimi showed us all at Charlotte last feb. put in in the water leave it a few seconds and leave it sit a few min.out of the water. Put that baby on, it worked great. The decal was not as fragile. Give it a try.. John
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I will go with Mikey too. be there with bells on. It is really something to see, plus all the great people you meet.
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Mike,what species of fish does he target? I have built on that blank for walleye jigging. As far as handles go in my opinion the graphite tube is as good as the cork, also a little less work. Jann,s has the 6 inch for about 10 bucks. I usually use 3 to 4 guides plus tip top after i check the blank out. Fishing in a coop or out in the elements? Would have to know that before deciding on the guide
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Randy send me that green thread, i still have to wrap those pac bays from charlotte, LOL John How you doing , warming up out there by now.
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I have two pacbays sitting here that i bought in Charlotte want build using the bumper spiral method, i am going build them on the straightest axis of the blank, just to see how i like it. John
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I have two pacbays sitting here that i bought in Charlotte want build using the bumper spiral method, i am going build them on the straightest axis of the blank, just to see how i like it. John
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Dremel.
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Yes Andrew i agree, before i quit building rods a Dan Craft is a rod i just have to build. LOL who ever quits, i still have two sitting here i haven,t got to. BEST, John
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Rich, you are right on the short mandrels, it will work with a little playing around.St. Croix uses the graphite handle on that new legend elite ice rod with the new spring bobber i believe. Jury is still out on the graphite handles, cork is tuff to beat. I spiral wrapped a 26 in. jigging rod last season, that gets the guys on the ice talking.Nice thing about building ice rods you can experiment
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Rich. i built 6 rods using the i/8 id cork a couple of years ago. was pretty good at that time . as mentioned earlier stock changes. the problem is getting a mandrel stiff enough to turn them. andy dear made a proto type but he said it was too whippy. i ended up using some old blank tops as mandrels. It is doable though. I have since switched to Janns 6 in. graphite handles, put some fuji plate s
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Do a test mike, putting perma gloss over enamel will make that baby wrinkle and peel like an onion
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Hey Hillbilly, there is a lathe and a glueing clamp over here, sounds like you could use it. John
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Phil, you can make a drum type dryer, using a barbeque motor or any type motor for that matter. i used a telecoping tent pole, ground a bolt square to fit in it, bolt through the rubber crutch end. cut some circles, glued some 1/2 material on the circles tapped them for thumb screws so i can move them around on the pole. still going strong after 5 years. real cheap to make too. oh. square end of
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Steve, just came out of the fog here .you are from these parts too. John
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Hi Steve. a lot of the walleye pro.s favor the St. croix 5 or legend elite, same blank.6'6" med fast. I have a s.c. 111 and a s.c. 5 in that configuration and they both get the job done. Lets pick Mike Barkleys brain on this one as this is his home stomping grounds. John
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I remember a post awhile back from Todd Vivian from Lamiglas saying to wrap both. If we are talking the same ferrules. I would email Todd with this ? He will be more than glad to answer.
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Couldn,t find a pink in auto touch up spray paint, that is what i usually use with perma gloss over it.John
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Me too?
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Bill directions say 7 days to cure. I let mine sit for 10 days at least on this one. rod bond on the purple eva grip wiped it all up with alcohol, denatured not Beam.Paint stayed on with no problems. My advise, Paint, go fishing for at least a week or longer. Just have fun. John
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