i don,t know and the more it,s talked about the less i know....i rscall Tom Kirkman saying it was not a thing and that it was an effect. so far that makes the most sense to me.
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hi tommy..for me one or two more guides than recomended means better hook sets and a better fish fighting tool, more responsive give and take between me and fish. no?
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i,ve been fishing at least 65 years and i don,t recall ever having a lure snap off during a cast on the other hand my memory is a lot shorter.lol.
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hi mark..i was thinking a little more on this and came up with some ideas such as an ink print covered with e-poxy or an e-poxied decor wrap with a thumb print on it but most people would probably just prefer their name on the rod...i would.
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capt...that,s funny!
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your grandson gave me an idea...i think i,ll e-poxy my thumb print on all my rods as proof of ownership. lol.
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hi thomas, before cutting ,tape everything on and test cast..you may like the even slower action for crankbaits..
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donald, is that an extra,extra,extra,extra,extra, etc. fast tip rod?
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i don,t know how many times i,ve tried the latest greatest but always went back to the flex coat product..
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does anyone know casting weight for imc904-t rod..i,m pretty sure it,s a lamiglass. i,m not sure if it,s 1 or 11/4 oz. thanks.
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hi karlfriedrich, go for it. it,s just a fishing rod..you,ll do just fine.
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or maybe hammer the tip flatter and wider just a bit making the foot resist pulling..
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i have no idea how hard the wire is but is their a way to roughen up the surface so that the thread and finish can get a better hold on the guide?
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hi roger..would the burnishing pad trick work after using a couple coats of CP on the fuzzies?
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hi steve..send me an e-mail
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hi steve..i now i,m banging on a dead horse, just one more thought...you should have other guides with cracks, not just one...if just one guide is cracked it may be from some kind of bump or knock..better luck with your new build.
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hi steve, i,m curious, how long is this rod and how many wrapped guides did you use and how far is the next guide from the one in your pictures? thanks.
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oh, and lots of CP too. lol.
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steve, i forgot to mention that all three flipping rods use 6mm alconite singe foot guides and not even a hint of a crack or whatever.lol.
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steve, i forgot to mention that all three flipping rods use 6mm alconite singe foot guides and not even a hint of a crack or whatever.lol.
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hi steve, one final suggestion..many years ago rich forhan wrote a very good book about his revolver rods...he hung a 5# weight on his rod and measured the load on each individual guide...of course the butt guides were under the greatest load about one pound as i recall...at that same time i decided to make my first graphite flipping rod..i already had two fenwick glass rods but graphite was taki
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also, if flexing the rod causes cracks or whatever, why does it happen where the rod flexes the least, down near the butt...maybe these guides get the most abuse from bumps and knocking on rails, being stepped on, etc. if a guide is stepped on maybe flex is good. lol.
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hi donald, it sounds like your saying that this is less likely to happen if one uses single foot guides. correct?
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tom, does CP make it more likely that you will get these checks or cracks? thanks.
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so, once again CP is the bad guy. lol.
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i,m just thinking maybe a coat of perma gloss will seal the cracks and darken the light spots and being very flexable the cracks will not reopen..
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i have never used used a ferrule wrap or intentially placed a guide on a ferrule in over 50 years,,,just lucky i guess, but usually used one or two more guides than called for..maybe that,s why i,m lucky. lol.
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do the pumps work just as well with the e-poxy glues..thanks.
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enter fish tales all twisted up..william tedrick shows how to make really good furled leaders for bass in slop from 50# power pro fishing line...really turns over hair bugs..
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my vision is so bad but those wraps in the picture look so short and don,t cover the toe of the guide foot..is that just me..
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