Hi Cory I have found the easist way of attempting this,and not all attempts work ,is to hold the reel fitting immersed in a pan of boiling water until something gives,normally the old epoxy,then try to pull the fitting away from the blank. one word of warning. Be carefull there are no protruding splinters on the blank and if this were a blank you were going to try to re use-in this ca
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Hello I am from England, living in the North East,If you want to contact me then do so by all means. Bryan
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Hi Don I have both a factory #6 TCR and have built a custom of the same rod using recoils.Personally i didnt find any great performance advantage,not in the distance the line cast or in the line speed,however the rod did feel a tad crisper in the action (custom rod).I did however use the factory rod as a guide for ring spacings and feel that if i had followed the static guide placement the
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Okay point taken and thanks for all of your replies,new cork is on its way to me .not worth the risk ,ask you say i might as well do it right... Thanks again to everyone who replied .... Bryan
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Dropped a little bit of a clanger in that having received my new RX8+ blank from FishSticks4U .I got out my stash of cork rings to build the handle only to find that they are a tad too large in internal diameter,would it be okay to use masking tape bushings to take up the room or would it be best to buy some more cork to ream to the right diameter. Thanks again in advance Bryan
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Hi All just thought i would put my tuppence into the melting pot. When i put my fitting together with rod bond,rather than mask the area i dont want the rod bond on with tape threads and the wood barrel etc. I smear a light coating of vaseline over the externals being very carefull not to get any where i want the two surfaces to glue. once all the rod bond has dried you can then wash the
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I Too sent him a couple of emails ,but with no reply.and having dealt with richards rod and reel in the past without any problems feel that it must be either a holiday ,family commitments or if hes very lucky some fishing. After all everyones entitled to a holiday. (and if only someone would tell that to my boss) Bry
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Just starting to prepare my guides for this rod ( one weight Dan Craft )and i am undecided on the size of butt guide/stripping guide.any advice on this would be appreciated . I have a SIC stripping guide in a 12mm which i would like to use .is this correct. Bryan
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Hi All Got my delivery from John ,must say its took a while but he has been in contact with me all along the way, even though i must ad that it was supplier problems with my original request which let John down. Last time i spoke to him via email recently he said he had been away on business and had staffing shortages.. i am sure he will be in touch with us all as soon as he can..
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Thanks for the input to all. As always its appreciated. Tight Lines Bryan
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Already tried ,but i am having trouble getting my mail through to Dan Craft on both email adresses, they keep coming back to me as undeliverable mail.
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I have just purchased and took delivery of the aforementioned blanks,the question is can anyone help me with the manufactures guides spacings,i can and could work them out but would also like to know what the manufacturers (dan Craft) are as a guideline. Thanks in Advance Bryan
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Just want to ask has anyone had any feedback from using the lightweight single leg rec guides,as i have a problem in a customers rod in that they same to be sticking/vibrating/grating type noise coming from the rings during the retrieve of a fly. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in Advance Bryan
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Current status ,as far as i am aware is that the evotec,evotec lw,evotec fw, are now discontiued from loop and are soon to be available as a daneilson innovations product, loop do have a few newly designed reels available soon.There was a guy selling the older loops through a leading mags classifieds column quite cheaply recently ,There is as always more to the story of loop versus the supplier
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thanks to all for the replies.. Bryan
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I am currently setting up to build on a Sage SLT blank and would like to copy the sage thread colour as close as possible,any one out there no what colours they use. And i wish to rewhip my old IMX using single leg rings instead of the snakes which are already on,any one help me with the colour of the thread on this rod ,it looks grey/charcoal. Many Thanks In Advance Bryan
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I will second the notion on the Ross Evolution reels,however on topic of reels and more importantly reel fittings ,can anyone offer any advice regarding Abel coral camo fittings.I have been thinking about getting a one to fit onto my next flyrod project to match one of my coral camo reels. And who if any of the sponsers can help in the price and availability of one,if they are any good? than
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Hi Robert Maybee i can help you on guide spacings for your TCR as i already own a factory rod 691-4TCR and having recently built one from a blank myself. From the tip ring then to the centre of the next ring as follows 9mm.11mm,13mm,15.5mm,20mm (the 20mm ring is incorporated in the female spigot wrap),21mm,22.5mm,24mm(24mm is also incorporated in the female spigot wrap),29mm,29mm then
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One thing that could be done and should be done (if it hasnt been mentiomed already) is to send the company who has overcharged shipping AND handling an email voicing your concerns,in a lot of cases it can be rectified with a little give and take. But in the first place if they dont know what they have done ,then they cant do anything about it.and if enough people email then surely they wil
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One thing that could be done and should be done (if it hasnt been mentiomed already) is to send the company who has overcharged shipping AND handling an email voicing your concerns,in a lot of cases it can be rectified with a little give and take. But in the first place if they dont know what they have done ,then they cant do anything about it.and if enough people email then surely they wil
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Hi All I am just in the early stages of my latest project (9ft 6in #7 4pce GLX ) and have come into a dilemma,do i go with tradition and use size 16 and 12 CLNAG rings from REC or do i try something different and use a 16 and 12 single leg sic as my stripper guides,my mind is already made up that i am following these rings with the rec recoil single leg guides,but as always your input to t
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I have played about with different feathers etc and what i did find that if the colour runs from the feather it is usually because the feather has been dyed to a necessary shade and its this colour which moves,the other thing being that lighter colour feathers such as a silver pheasant feather allows the darkness of the blank through. I also tried differant fixatives and found that although
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Regarding the flex coat drill lathe,i got hold of a copy of the flexcoat video and copied mine from there.The rod is held in the chuck via building up a drill bit or similar with masking tape to fit the inside diameter of the blank.I have shaped the round eva buttons for extension handles with mine,however i tried using a lesser quality drill which wasnt fast/powerfull enough and spoilt the fi
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If the modulus ratings of the gl3 is that of 43 mil modulus does anyone know what the glx would be( i am lucky to have a few of these to build onto) Any info as to the background of loomis blanks would be apreciated. Having recently built a 9 ft6 in St Croix SC1V and a dan craft i am quite interested in the technical stuff.But do you think the fish know the differance? Thanks all....
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Thanks for the info,i try to pick up on what i can when i can as over here in the uk there is a lot of marketing hype with products(fly rods in particular ) in for example guy"a" can cast 40yds with brand x and guy "b" cannot with brand y.Everyone forgets its not the tools but the caster,in GlX i have 2 9ft #6 glx rods .one i built myself from a very early blank the other a re
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hi all Randy,you say in your statement that"With the change in how theyre made now,could you advise me as to what change. All The Best Bry
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