Steve Gardner Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Actually have 4 of their guides in the shop. That > where given me at one of the ICRBE exposes many > years back by Bill Stevens. > couple years after I started experimenting with > Micro guides > > Bill suggesting that they might be a viable > option when looking for a taller strip
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carol staiculescu Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- My personal experience thought me, that regardless > of what people are saying, when you use a > stripper with a diameter less than half of the > spool diameter, casting distance will decrease > and will do so the smaller you go. It's all about > friction and the smaller the stripper diamete
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Has someone heard of it? According to Zenaq, they´ve been using it since 2007 and recommend it for braid.
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Steve Gardner Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > 6-5-4 them 3's or smaller to the tip > I would not buy the chart! > For the set up I use, it takes four to complete > the turn with the last one just a tad of dead > center bottom. For example, if you space it like 6-45°, 5-90°, 4-135°, 3-177,5° and the other thress on 180°, you get an &qu
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Ergo, with a tip high method you would revolver it, 6 down to threes? I would be very interested in more details! Did you post that knowledge anywhere s far, (spares sore fingers :>) got links?
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"There is no practical difference in casting distance between good set ups of either type." "- An ex.fast taper bending steeply got less torsion that reg, tapers - Not true. The amount of "torsion" will depend on the height of the guides above the blank and the load on the line. - A rod that light has no perceptible torsion - Not true. The more load that is applied
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Is there a sumery of "spiral vs conventional casting test" anywhere? I read four of them so far: 1. As i can remember, 7% more distance for the conv. 2. Not a trial, but a long and plausible post that said spirals cast further when saving 2 guides over the conv. build on a same blank. 3. Bill Stevens magazine report with unequal blanks. 4. Accuracy: "i had problems keeping lu
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So most of you would spiral wrap that blank? Roger: 10 + 1 should be enaugh, thats not the problem. Anyway, those 3.0KTSG weight 0.028g.
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Thanks to this board i could solve the guide question in The Determination whether choose the correct wrap, spiraled or conventional, seems to be a fungous issue. Blank data: Length: 6 ft Taper: ex-fast Weight: 46gr Lure: max 3 / 8 (casting) Power: M-ML with L-Tip Tip: 1.4mm Butt: 6.6mm 100% solid with a 50T 30T Carbon Carbon-coated Made in Japan Reel : Presso (BC)
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Found a Fuji T-LFST, but the lowest ID is 1.2mm, AD is 1.43mm. Is there any possibility to enlarge the tube WITHOUT splitting it?
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For sure micro guides are not useful on each typ of rod, in turn they afford no drawback in some catgories. Most know the advantages. But theres another question for me, for example, i´m planning to use 2.5er MKSG for that solid-carbon blank, but i guess theres no tip following these guides. Whats the solution here?
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Tom, you got a quality scale? What weights did you get for the Minima and LSG3.5?
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Ok, so the MKSG2.5 seems to be the lightest. Theres no tip-top that goes with these micros, and anyway, is there any much relevance in sensitivity, when this exfast taper bends to the second or third micro and has to overcome the "heavy" Tip-Top, which weights ten times a 2.5MKSG? What i want to say: If the first or second, and maybe the third mic from the top weight 0.06 or 0.18 toge
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Another source here on rodbuilding weighted the LSG3.5 with .041g and the TLSG3.5 with .036. Fuji MKSG-2.5 with .021g. But for the major part in reducing weight - the Tip, whats useful here? The 1.4mm Tip needs a 3.5-Tube (US-Size to mm = 2.54*3.5/64 = 1.389mm), correct? Or maybe better the MKSG2.5 for the top :D? PS: I wont wrap that on my own, that guy wo build that Rods in the Link will
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Hello from germany, i´m 22 and leave the house mostly with the BC :> The next building project is a very thin matagi t-russell solid carbon, which should be predestinated for the lightest micro guides out there. Some Pics, an exmaple for vertical fishing here: Blank Data: Length: 6 ft Taper: ex-fast Weight: 46g Lure: max 3/8 (casting) Power: M-ML mit L-Tip Tip: 1.4mm Butt:6
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