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9 years ago
Michal Rozycki
I would suggest (certainly for a "throwing" rod) a crankbait blank, E.g. Batson crankbait blanks are really cute (for want of a better word ;-)) and have sufficiently moderate action to cope with playing a particularly lively trout.
Cheers,
Michal
Forum: rodboard 9 years ago
Michal Rozycki
MHX popping blanks have very soft tips but a powerful backbone. The same goes for Talon hot shot blanks, though they are a bit longer. Nevertheless you could consider using an 8'6" blank for that purpose. With 20lb power it will haul a monster from the deep and casts up to 1 oz. VI+ graphite is the better choice.
Cheers,
Michal
Forum: rodboard 9 years ago
Michal Rozycki
Quote from the PacBay catalogue: "Size 03-W and 04-W have a proportionally wider foot and neck to maintain adhesion to the blank. This allows the use of a micro sized guide for heavier applications and tournament conditions."
Maybe this will help, assuming the guides you bought were the micro stuff
Cheers
Forum: rodboard 9 years ago
Michal Rozycki
I have a Batson XF865-4 blank and I think it is great (though still waiting to be built). Now I was wondering how the XF864-4 blank compares ... The 4wt blank surprisingly is heavier than the 5wt one, though with a much slimmer butt. Is the 4wt simply the lighter line version of the 5wt, or is there some more difference between them?
Besides how does it compare with the 9' 4wt one?
And, yes! I
Forum: rodboard 9 years ago
Michal Rozycki
Silly me! Forgot to say: thank you to those who answered :-)
Forum: rodboard 9 years ago
Michal Rozycki
I am planning to build a Ranshadow trout/kokanee trolling blank as a light spinning rod. I was originally thinking about RDR70L, but I see that RDR76L probably has a lighter tip (which would suit my target application to boot). However butt dia is only insignificantly larger on the 7'6" model, so it might actually have more moderate action that the 7' one.
Now I see that RDR710L has a mo
Forum: rodboard 9 years ago
Michal Rozycki
As regards ATC Matrix blanks, I have built a rod on an 8' 4wt 3-piece Black Matrix blank and I absolutely adore it. However this does not mean that all other blanks from the Matrix series are cool (though they may well be!!!). Actually, if you use Green Matrix - it will be just as fine! ;-)))
Forum: rodboard 9 years ago
Michal Rozycki
I have the impression that Batson's are losing their good old personal touch and user-friendliness, starting to sound like any other corporation, which tends to use marketing newspeak to say a lot, without saying much. Nothing personal ...
I just hope it will not be at the expense of the quality of their excellent products.
Cheers,
Michal
Forum: rodboard 9 years ago
Michal Rozycki
There is no way it can handle 3-4 oz. weights. CTS is certainly a good idea
Forum: rodboard 10 years ago
Michal Rozycki
101. Re: Flex Coat issues
A couple of months ago I experienced the same problem, though with a further twist. The resin part (so far as I recall) was not only cloudy, but in fact more gel-like. After initial panic I put the two bottles in hot water and hey presto! It worked and has been fine ever since. Admittedly, I hadn't used the finish for maybe half a year (if not more). Good luck with yours.
Cheers,
Michal
Forum: rodboard 10 years ago
Michal Rozycki
If you can live with 9' get a TFO TiCr-x 11 or 12wt fly blank. From what I have been told by a couple of my friends who are using such, it is the closest you can get to a 1 oz. 17-18lb spinning/casting S&S rod.
Forum: rodboard 10 years ago
Michal Rozycki
Weighed recently: Fuji TLSG (titanium + SiC)
- 7 - 0,16g
- 6 - 0,12g
To be honest, I weighed just one of each and sorry it's in grams.
Cheers,
Michal
Forum: rodboard 10 years ago
Michal Rozycki
104. Re: Nymphing blanks.
Sure would like to come to ICRBE, but my dear ladies (wife and daughters) wouldn't let me fly across the big pond all alone, plus they would want to do some shopping while at it. Complete bankruptcy would then follow ;-)
I can't answer the detailed questions for the simple reason that I was simply wondering how e.g. Sage, Winston, Hardy, T&T etc. blanks would compare with the likes of MHX,
Forum: rodboard 10 years ago
Michal Rozycki
105. Re: Nymphing blanks.
I thought it would be something like this. When I replaced my aging carbon Fibatube dry fly rod (8' 4/5wt) with an ATC 8' 3-pc 4wt, I felt like in paradise - light, swift, delicate presentation, the tops.
I equally adore my MHX 9' 6wt and thought that they are as good as it gets, but a shadow of doubt remained ...
Thanks,
Michal
Forum: rodboard 10 years ago
Michal Rozycki
106. Nymphing blanks.
I was wondering how nymphing blanks (approx. 10' in length, 4wt) made by e.g MHX, Pacific Bay (Quickline) and in fact how fly blanks made by these and other makers (Batson, ATC, St.Croix to name a few) compare with blanks made by the fly specialists, such as Sage, Winston, T&T and the like.
I have built a few fly rods on MHX, ATC, Composite Developments and St.Croix blanks and love them.
Forum: rodboard 10 years ago
Michal Rozycki
My XST1025F in my view is a light/medium river bank/wading zander jigger's dream. It is a light and truly sensitive blank, which will let you feel the fish caressing the soft rubbery thing at the end of the line ;-) and zander are definitely known to do that, when they mean PULL NOW! As I said before 30g total lure weight is really the maximum casting weight. I really love the Batson RX8 lineup,
Forum: rodboard 10 years ago
Michal Rozycki
Hi Johan!
I personally use a Batson XST1025F spinning rod, however 30g is probably the absolute limit, for jigging at any rate. The StC blanks are definitely great for this application. You could also check out Phenix blanks, their Karabela series to be exact. They are basically S&S blanks, built specifically for Poland and would probably suit your purposes just fine. A more exotic but just
Forum: rodboard 10 years ago
Michal Rozycki
109. Re: get bit outdoors
The same as regards Kevin's international service. i have made a few retail purchases from him, all shipped overseas. Smooth and easy. Thank you Kevin, is the least I can say :-)
Cheers,
Michal
Forum: rodboard 10 years ago
Michal Rozycki
Either strip the StC blank from its paint coat, or take the easy way out ;-) i.e. CTS. You could also get in touch with fishingart.eu in Poland. They have recently started making veeery interesting blanks, fly stuff included and are also quite flexible as regards custom-made blanks.
Cheers,
Michal
Forum: rodboard 10 years ago
Michal Rozycki
God knows! I often wonder myself. Since about half a year ago you can throw in Fishingart in Poland with travel blanks, though only 3-piece.
Forum: rodboard 10 years ago
Michal Rozycki
Besides the more rods you've built, the easier is it going to be. With experience you will know what guide sizes and how many guides to use for a particular blank and application. I have built maybe 20-30 rods so far (wet behind the ears by all standards) but this has been enough to tell me what guides I will need for a blank and of late I have not made any serious mistakes in guide sizing or spa
Forum: rodboard 10 years ago
Michal Rozycki
113. Re: first guide size
Rodtubewise: sewage pipes come in various sizes ;-)
Forum: rodboard 10 years ago
Michal Rozycki
114. Re: first guide size
I am now building an 8'6" travel spinning rod on a 5 wt. fly blank. The first guide will actually be a PacBay Minima high frame #20. Recently I also built a 7'6" UL spin rod and successfully used a #16 high-frame guide as the first one. In both cases I used Fuji-style fast reduction, but for the longer rod I will be using a train of slightly higher-frame guides (not the L-type guides ly
Forum: rodboard 10 years ago
Michal Rozycki
"Hello Lam.
Why so many different sizes? "
Exactly! Whatever for?
Cheers,
Michal
Forum: rodboard 10 years ago
Michal Rozycki
Or use a Fuji NGC chart, slightly adjust the spacing to account for the extra 6" (the charts are up to 9') and you'll have a fine rod. You might consider using a #25 guide instead of #30. For running guides #6 should cope well with the bobber stoppers. Although actually European match rods (used for float fishing) come with quite small guides (#4 maybe) and handle rubber stoppers easily, as
Forum: rodboard 10 years ago
Michal Rozycki
Do you know what size (or rather weight) spinners you will be using and what rods? As a rule of thumb and using Daiwa reel sizes as a benchmark, you can do as follows:
- rod up to 10 lb - reel size 1500-2000
- rod 12 lb - 17 lb - reel size 2500, max 3000
- rod 20 lb - 25 lb - reel size 3000 - 3500
Cheers,
Michal
Forum: rodboard 11 years ago
Michal Rozycki
119. Re: mhx blanks
Definitely good stuff. Have fly, spinning and steelhead rods built with these blanks. Will say again: good stuff and for a very civilised price!
Cheers,
Michal
Forum: rodboard 11 years ago
Michal Rozycki
120. Re: blank sugestion
Not much info to go on, but then the choice of such blanks in not exactly huge, so whatever...
Here's one: St.Croix 2C70HF2 7' 12-25 lbs, fast action and 2-piece
If 3-piece blanks are also fine with you, check out MHX, Batson, St.Croix and Amtak travel series blanks
Cheers,
Michal
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