1) rod broke in middle of butt wrap 2) cleaned up rod, cut a plug to fit 3) cut a second plug to fit snug inside the first, glued them together 4) eposied the plug, and stuck it in the butt end of the rod (had to cut the butt cap off first) then ramrodded it up to break. 5) epoxied the snot out of everthing, and smoothed it out. 6) after drying, wrapped base thread where old decorative wrap
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Someone must have done this before, but I haven't seen it- I've been working at braiding 3 threads and wrapping them as band. If I were better at braiding, I'm sure it would look even better, but it gives a different look. Kinda cool. Maybe someone knows a better way? Also, the split grip is actually a metallic black "dragon scale". Yeah, it didn't work. It looked awesome unt
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Extended to 7'6". Grips by Billy Vivona. Alps guides and reel seat. Maltese cross simultaneous with a St. John's cross. Braided an orange, white, and blue thread for the trim wrap. Madiera orange and blue, Gudebrod NCP white.
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Fishing rod I just finished for the Wounded Warriors Project. We're hosting a Turkey Hunt/Fishing Trip this Spring at the Florida Forest Service. I'll raffle it off to one of the soldiers. God bless our troops.
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Rod I built to donate for a Silent @#$%& to benefit the Make-a-Wish Foundation. Thanks to Batson Enterprises for giving me a price break on the components. Forecast SB 843 blank Forecast Reel Seat XTCYTCG Guides Madiera Thread:1782,1678,1888
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7'6" Castaway Blank. Scale pattern and shaded guide wraps. 1780 Blue Spruce 1988 Emerald Green 1901 Neon Green 1940 Alpine Green 1800 Black PacBay Met. Green
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Guides: 1965 Sunkist 1900 Light Grass Green 1730 Chocolate Sulky Met. Red Fades: 1726 Fawn 1672 Topsoil 1869 Whiskey 1765 Orange
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White graphite blank I got from Lance at Swampland. Pac Bay Minima reel seat and AmTac titanium guides. Love it. Caught 5 nice reds the first time I used it.
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1782 Brushed Burgundy 1967 Almost Black 1770 Juniper PacBay Metalic Silver
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Madiera 1934 Blue 1678 Orange 1800 Black 1802 White
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Rod I just finished for a Silent @#$%& to Benefit the Make-a-Wish Foundation. Thanks to Bill Batson at Batson Enterprises for donating the materials. The generous folks at Batson have been really helpful. This is the second rod they've donated materials for. Their materials are top quality. I really like this rod, I may put in a bid for it myself!
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Another rod I built for a silent @#$%& for the Make-a-Wish foundation. It's all NCP thread, but I used 2 coats of the new Chroma Seal CP. It worked great, the white stayed white. I think the abstract design on split grips is my "new thing"
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MHX Flipping Rod St. Johns Cross Gudebrod NCP Thread
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In- Out+ and Spider dual wrap. Purple fade guides Minima real seat & AmTac titanium guides.
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I used to get noise with them when fishing with braid, but not for several years. I think the braids have improved overall and it's not an issue any more. I mainly fish with invisibraid by spiderwire. I use recoil guides on probably half of my spinning rods.
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Other than white ( I use gudebrod ncp white), I use Madeira for everything.
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I used to have lots of CP problems too. I now do what Bill suggests. I thin the CP 50/50 with water, but I apply 5-6 coats. This also completely saturates the thread. When it looks glossy, the epoxy covers evenly with no fisheyes. I spend a lot of time on my decorative wraps, I don't mind taking extra time with CP to ensure the colors stay true.
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I have a Loomis 7 wt. with 2 tips. I put snake guides on one and single foot guides on the other. I really can't tell the difference when casting.
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I'd sure like to see REC make the Recoil guides in the shape of the old foolproof guides. I build quite a few flight spinning rods, and I think the shape would work well with braid. I have a bunch of rods with the Recoil guides, but I've always liked the look of the foulproofs. I suspect braided lines would eat them up though......
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I'd sure like to see REC make the Recoil guides in the shape of the old foolproof guides. I build quite a few flight spinning rods, and I think the shape would work well with braid. I have a bunch of rods with the Recoil guides, but I've always liked the look of the foulproofs. I suspect braided lines would eat them up though......
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When I read the title of this thread, I immediately wondered if it was a micro wave guide. I've built a ton of spinning rods, but I found that the microwave stripper guide sometimes pulls out much easier than other guides. I had one come loose even with the forehan locking wrap. Never had a problem before, but I've recently had 3 microwave stripper guides come loose since I started using them.
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Brooksville
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I've used them on a couple of rods for over a year with no issues. I put them on the last rod I built for myself. Tired of breaking other guides taking them in and out of tube in the rod locker.
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I really liked these guides. They looked good, they flexed well, and they were lightweight. That's all I used back in the day. I really wish REC would make this style in their titanium wire. I think they would be great for braided lines.
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Caught a 25" redfish on it today and half a dozen rats. Holding up fine so far.
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The rod broke setting the hook on a redfish. Very strange. Some kind of blemish, flaw, or damage to the blank I guess. I've never seen a rod break where it did, right in the power section. I've never had one break on a hookset either. I sent it (with a letter of explanation) to the St. Croix warranty dept. with a check for the handling fee, they sent a new blank back with the original in a w
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