What Michael said!!
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And wraps using CP are not weak..in Rod Maker Vol. four Tom did study showing only a slight loss..it took ten pounds to pull a guide loose with CP to eleven pounds with no CP..and at seven pounds the frames were. Distorted for both set ups..you do not need epoxy penetration for wrap strength..
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Like Mark I have never had a guide failure mainly because I do not leave my rods on the boat deck or floor where I can do a bill dance on them..lol.
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CP seals the wrap so that I only need one finish coat as thick or thin as wanted..guide wraps are much lighter that way..why spend more for light guides then saturate the wraps with several coat of heavy epoxy?
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Time spent for our pleasure is what,s of value..lol.
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I agree with Joel..what,s the hurry..I like the way your doing it now.
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I like the ones that. Say packaged in the USA..not made in the USA..
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Good stuff LAnce! So instead of fourteen inches to complete the spiral your using twenty two..we all learned something today..Thanks!
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It's a shame you could not send the kit back because it wasn,t really a kit
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It's almost scary how much sensitivity is improved just by using braided line..even on glass rods.
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Those large runners are slowing the rod..isn,t there some !ind of spray to keep ice from forming on guides..also if icing how can you casters for distance anywayn especially frozen monos maybe just go ice fishing..lol.
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wOW..bass tournament pros need more than one lure to catch a fish?
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Is it normal to use rollers on a rod that sma!l..
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Jim, like your, friend i,ve been using a butt guide just tall enough to eliminate rod slap and then go to runners for light braids..this really reduces rod tip weight and makes.a firmer hook set.i build on mainly e glass that I cut back to five feet or less..
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I do like Roger but use a round file to just cut the bore then use a gritted tapered rod get the final taper I want which only took a few turns and never got too hot.
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I build and fish with e,glass and all my rods are more sensitive than my nephew's graphite rods because I use braided line and he uses mono..simple as that..he could use braid but then he loses more fish in the fight..I trim the butts to build on sixty inches or less to keep weigt down..the slower and deeper flex make the fish fight more fun..but I guess using a line that supplies more than enoug
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So Roger, this is brain surgery..lol.
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I know Roger..I know it,s best done with head shots and a short round..I only used the magnum once..too much gun.
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Christian, this is how you learn, even if things don't work out you will learn why..
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Lynn, it,s the other one..lol.
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I once shot a.squirrel with my groundhog gun, a 22 magnum..all I found was a bushy tsil.,there's more meat on an acorn than on a. Squirrel..lol.
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Or Eva..
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Extend the butt about a foot and move seat and grip back..test before glue up..
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I like flocked Eva..after awhile the Eva starts to take on the shape of your grip sort of customizing it..lol.
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Phil, those are fightig, words on this site..lol.
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Phil, put some braided line on..your sensetivity problems are no more, no matter what,where, or how many guides..if you must have numbers measure the natural frequency..
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I once had a scale that weighed in grains also but I can,t keep a.scale,nthey keep walking away..lol?
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Hi David, don,t be sorry..we are all allowed to have an opinion,,thanks for giving the guide weights,,it,s surprising to see just one gram for seven guides in my favorite size..thanks.
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To me a Carolina rig guide train needs to be as sensetive as it gets and I just don,t consider the k guide a sensetive guide by design..on all guides the leg of the guide carries vibrations that the line gives to the ring down to the foot..k guide legs are long and very loopy and inefficient while single foot L guides are short and much stiffer, a better transmitter of vibration..
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I,m thinking where can I get one of those rods to put a spln reel on it..I bet an ul ugly stick would come close..just redo the guide train..ln number and size to reduce rod. Frequency..btw Stan like all trick casters loved low frequency rods.
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