Silly and clumsy me! I wanted to rebuild my rod and was overzealous with the blade, when removing the old guides. The result is a broken tip, Therefore I am looking for a tip section from an IST1084F blank. Thing is, it's an old Cascade Composites US-made blank ... Please help, anyone? Cheers, Michal
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What can I say? Wouldn't dream of disagreeing ;-) And actually I will still say this: check out the Phenix blanks. Cheers, Michal
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Personally I haven't used them, but I do know that quite a few guys in Poland use Phenix Elixer series blanks for perch rods. At least some of these blanks have a very fine, albeit carbon tip, which is apparently great for perch fishing (they say you can tie knots with it ;-)). Besides quite a few of these blanks are 2-piece, which can help with the painting (I guess this would be a must for your
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You can't go wrong with any of the blanks mentioned here, or any branded blank for that matter, especially if you get really hooked on rodbuilding. If you don't like something in a rod and are running short of new rod ideas, you can always rebuild the old rod (change guides, do the wraps and finish again, whatever) and do it as many times, as the blank will handle ;-). For your first, or last
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If Tour Star grips (also Winn) are okay, try guidesnblanks.uk Cheers, Michal
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Apart from mixing the stuff well but not over-zealously, I have used a cigarette lighter extensively on my last two rods with considerable success (I like to think so ;-)) This has effectively removed any remaining bubbles and resulted in a nice smooth transition from blank to finish. Besides if you put too much finish on a wrap and then heat it somewhat, the excess will drop down, although you
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Mudhole customer builder for sure (cute colours). Also check out the St.Croix SCIII fuchsia metallic blanks. There is a one-piece 6' panfish blank in that range. Alternatively you could paint something yourself... Michal
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Hello everyone from a newbie (amateur) in Poland :-) This may be a bit of a sidestep from the fly blank-to-spinning rod theme, but about seatrout rods - Karl, why don't you check out German or Polish rodbuilders? They have quite a broad range of blanks available and can oblige as far as a rod of the sort you want is concerned. Shipping costs are rather civilised within the EU and no customs du
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