Customer wants a 6ft 2 weight if I use an ultralight blank how do I determine fly line weight?
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black and sand stone Madera thread on bottom orange Madera on top
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My first Tiger wrap. It's only about 2 inches long
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Tried to get the whole rod
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first custom cork
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optical che ron
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optical chevron finaly finished
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My third rod supposed to be opticalchevron but i did something wrong because i dont see it. Any sugestions.
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Should i make the open spaces smaller?
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Should i make the open spaces smaller? I just cant see it
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This pic was taken before finish was put on.
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Red and gold box wrap for a former Marine. Any advice is welcome.
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First attempt at dec wrap on actual rod
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Phenix has several excellent options.
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Damn, I guess I will have to visit commyfornia and pick one up.
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I love Phenix UL blanks I have 3 elixer and an 8' iron feather that is my favorite. The Iron feather is expensive but the action is very fast and the rod is not wishy washy. I am hoping that they will offer the dragonfly series as a blank soon. I would love to try the 9 foot version.
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I fill my tunnels first. I stand the rod tip upwith a slight lean and guides on top. Then take a bodkin or toothpick and put finish in each tunnel. Keep adding finish until the whole tunnel is full. If its a little cool or the finish is real thick I use a heat gun to get it to flow into the tunnel.
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I just use latex work gloves that way I don't get any oil on the rod or thread. Before I started using gloves I used painters tape to remove anything.
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When building on white blanks I use white fingernail polish to cover the foot. Sally Hansen hard as nails is my brand of choice.
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Chris I think it does that if the company that you mentioned isn't a sponsor of this page.
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I cut little slivers of hot melt put them in the tube then heat it and put it on.
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I put line on spinning reels using a variable speed drill. I put the reel spool on the drill and wind it directly from the bulk spool to the reel spool.
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I am going to make it some day. Being disabled and on a fixed income makes it tough. Hopefully next year is my year.
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Tom the point of the tinfoil dish is to show that if you leave it alone it will level so the problem is probably you fussing with it too much.
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Looking for opinions on Hitena vivid metallic.
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Tom is spot on. Gravity is a constant if you could create a vacuum by @#$%& all of the air you could drop a feather and a steel ball at same time the would land at the same time. Also if you level a rifle to be parallel with the ground if you fire that rifle and drop a bullet held even with muzzle the bullets will hit at the same time.
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I cant find them either.
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I made the last one I did out of eastern Red cedar. I used a dremel and a sanding drum to fine tune it. It turned out OK.
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Thanks everyone I appreciate all the help. I think I am going to get a slip clutch and try that.
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All great ideas I will be trying them today. Thanks to everyone who responded.
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