I was looking at that, along with a seeker CSW556
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Yea i tried to explain to him the benefits of a longer rod, but the customer seems pretty set in his ways so I want to do what I can for him
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Hey everyone, I have a customer that's looking for a stiffer walleye jigging stick. He want's it to be around 5' to 5.5' with a stiffer tip. As all the jigging sticks I've built are all 7'+ I'm not sure of any blanks that would fit this discription? Any tips on a rod this size and what blank to use would be a great help. Thanks!
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Not that they'll need it, but on all my micro guides I've used the locking wrap just to add a little more sucurity and comfortability for the customer.
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Here are a few pictures... They seem to all be "South Bend" rods, don't know much about them but doing my research they seem to be nothing to special. Would still be fun to clean them up for him, I know he would love it. They have product numbers on it, I'll make sure not to scratch those off, would varnish stripper be ok with these rods?
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Thanks for all the help! I got the rods on Sunday and have yet to open up the cases. There are three rods, which I believe are pretty beat up but I'm not to sure. I will post pictures later tonight..
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MY girlfriends grandpa dug out 3 old bamboo fly rods he had tucked away in the attick from his younger days last night. I thought to thinking that it would be a great birthday or christmas present for me to fix them up and maybe head out on a fly fishing adventure like he used to do. I've never fixed up a bomboo rod before and was wodnering if it needed any special care besides the normal guide
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Hey everyone! A buddy of mine broke about half an inch off his ice rod last week and asked if there was anything I could do to fix it. I could do the easy fix of taking the tip off and glueing it to the blank making the blank a half an inch shorter or so but I got to thinking if there was anything else I could do so I didn't have to shorten the blank? Would maybe a support and some epoxy kee
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Ok I've never used casting resin before so I will give you a call later on next week Chad before I go ahead and do it! Thanks for the help!!
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Of course
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Hey Fellas, I'm making a rod for my cousin as a xmas present an dhe's a big deer hunter. I wanted to carve a slit in the wooden handle, put a rifle bullet in it slit and fill it with epoxy? Will this work? and any tips on how to fill the slit so it stays even with the handle? Thanks!
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Thanks Roger! I appreciate the help and it was nice to meet you! I'll be sure to send you some pictures when the job is complete! I'm sure I'll have some more questions for you in the future!
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Thanks for all the help, I think I'm going to take my tail stock into rockler later this afternoon to seeif there is anyhting we can come up with... I'll post pictures of what we come up with!
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Hey guys, So I just finished up lathing out my first handle, it's a 12" cedar handle for a musky rod I'm building for my uncle. The problme is I have the handle done but I still need to drill a hole donw the middle about 10 inches deep. I have a wierd lathe where I can't put a drill bit on it to drill the whole so I need to use a drill press. Problem is I don't want to hurt the handle
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