Thanks for the replies. The chips are surface only, not into the brown color of the blank. I might put a very small trim wrap on both sides of the Fenwick logo and blank info, I have to look a little closer at it first. I have an old brown Lamiglas rod that I am going to refinish, I might just make that one into my "test rod" to see what this should look like. I used a rod fin
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Hello all, I have been working on an old NOS Fenwick fly rod blank, its a 7 1/2' 6 wt. I am not happy with how the wraps looked after the second coat of finish. (I used a good brand name finish, but I had some issues). So, I decided to strip the guides back off and start over. After removing the guides, I have some places that have small chips in the rods original finish. What is the ve
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Hi Randy, I sent you the link, check it out when you have time. Jess
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Jesse Shipe Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Randolph Ruwe Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Shooting line is no more than monofilament or > > maybe braided of some type. Why would a larger > > guide or more of them make the shooting line > fly > > through the guides faster or farth
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Randolph Ruwe Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Shooting line is no more than monofilament or > maybe braided of some type. Why would a larger > guide or more of them make the shooting line fly > through the guides faster or farther? Think about > it for a bit.Small diameter line doesn't go > through a large running guide any faster than i
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Tom Kirkman Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The weight is in the line. The rod could not > possibly know the difference. weight is weight. > > Again, when someone says "larger" or "oversized," > larger or oversized than what? > > ............ It would make sense that more guides/more guides that are larger and
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I guess I am more of the "show me" kind of guy, wish I had a sample of each style rod to try. That would be fun.
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Check this out.... a bit different, but an interesting concept! I can send you a link for a site, I wont post it publicly because I dont want to do anything improper here. Email me or PM me, I will send you a link. Jess
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It seems that the idea is to have a rod that will shoot the line easier than a conventionally built fly rod. Our hobby is just brimming with tradition, this idea expands the conventional thoughts about a fly rod. Could be fun... ?
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Hello all, I have seen that some custom rod builders are making rods that are better at shooting line by using oversized and extra line guides on the fly rods. Can you tell me, is this worth the effort? It seems the common amount of guides is likely to be rod length + 1 or plus 2 guides. (A 9' rod would have 9 or 10 guides normally..) A shooting style fly rod would have much larger guid
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Hi and thanks for the information. I ordered more thread and a few supplies, hope to get on this real soon. Jess
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Thanks for the reply Bill. Makes sense to me. I love my old FF75, its been rated as one of the best fly rods of all time. I have been reading these forums off and on for a long time. I am always amazed at how much information is out there about fly fishing, its a lot to go through. Thanks again. I put a reel on the rod and moved the guides a bit from the static placement. Im hoping this
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Hello all, This is my first time posting here. I have built a few rods before, but its been awhile. My new project is a brown Fenwick Blank #FL 90-6F. I have the reel seat and full wells grip installed and I am getting ready to place and wrap the guides. I want to wrap this rod in a somewhat traditional Fenwick style. I have a FF75 to use as a pattern for approximate guide placing and t
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