I think a fiberglass fly rod that bends more into the butt should have the stripper closer to the butt to distribute the load. Also short length rods intended for small streams usually entails short arm movements for casting and stripping. My 4-5 weight fiberglass rods ranging in length 7’, 7’4” and 7’9”!have their strippers around 26” from the butt. These are with down locking reel seats that pu
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Also check out the Liberty blanks from Get Bit Outdoors. They are very good for the money and there is a good chance they are going to be on sale for July 4th. I built a P703 mainly for inshore popping for slot drums and speckled trout and it works great. If you are targeting bigger fish near structure I would step up to the P704.
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Snake guides are the original no tangle guide design. I think oversized stripping guides aren’t needed but can see the benefit with fish that take off fast to help reduce a tangle. I have been shocked to cast some old rods with tiny metal strippers on how well they will still shoot plenty of line.
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If you used PayPal, do a dispute and you will get a response back from NFC within 24 hours. I settled for a partial refund for my x Ray that has blemishes.
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Sorry a Dallas Cowboy rod will not catch Carolina Cats. Had to have some fun. Are you wanting the rod to glow with LED inside? I don’t think the XC blanks are translucent enough to let light through. I haven’t tried the threads that glow in the dark but that would be a nice to have near the tip.
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On a shorter fast action blank 2.25 inches would be very noticeable but on a longer more moderate action like that CB 78 it will be noticed but not nearly as much. I think it would still make a very usable rod but maybe for a different application such as popping or punch bait on a treble hook for channel cats.
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Sounds like your friend may target flatheads in heavy cover using 30lb line. I am thinking the XC 733 trimmed from the butt would work best if that is the case. I have mine at full length it cast 3 oz and bait easily and will underhand lob up to 6oz and bait off a boat or pier with no issue. I really need to get a big catfish on to really put it to the test but I am confident that it has the back
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Mod fast 8-14 1/4 to 5/8 sounds like what many would call a popping blank which is in there saltwater section. Some of their Mag Bass models say they are fast action but to me are not as fast as a St Croix fast. Rodhouse in France has a good website showing many of the NFC blanks with deflection pictures.
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I would take an Eternity over a NFC HM any day just for Batson’s quality control, warranty and customer service.
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Yeah they have more important issues to fix first which I hope they do. Not many USA made rod blanks to choose from anymore.
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Many of the Deltas are the same blanks as their IM line but unsanded. That is why they are much cheaper, less labor cost and surely less blemished blanks. The difference in weight between sanded and unsanded is not much and supposedly the ridges increase durability but I think that is minuscule.
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It depends on the rods intended use, lure weight, and size of the fish targeted. I would hold the blank like you are fighting a fish with butt under armpit or hip depending on preference and see where your hand wants to go for foregrip. Having someone else pulling down on the tip helps. I learned at the ICRBE from Mike Garone is that with the butt on your hip your arm fully extended on the foregr
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Most folks hold the reel seat during presentation then move the hand higher up on the more cushioning cork or eva grip during the fight so any loss of sensitivity won’t be noticed. I am going to try a Winn grip out on a rod for kayak fishing, I can tell already that I am going to like the tackiness of it especially when wet. I think the ones made for Fuji look great.
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I wonder if a Teflon spray would work. I have been using a wax product but very minimal.
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Bent paper clip on the tip with masking tape to hold the ziplock bag with the weights.
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Good choices so far , also check out the Rod Geeks XC 802. The XC are perfect pier rods with flexible tips that give the right amount of cushion going to a backbone with much power. 4 oz blank weight for the 802 so not heavy either.
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Good call, The shortening to 6’6” takes the power down to 405 grams and AA around 68. I said wrong on the full length power it is 465 grams so a loss of 60 grams of power.
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I can measure my blank tonight to let you know the difference. You can get a feel of what it would be like by holding the blank 8 inches up from your reel seat then either have someone pull down on the tip or flex it on the carpet to see the bend.
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Best way to see for sure is to CCS measure at full length and at 6’6”. My SJ 732 blank is 86.5 inches so I braced 8.65 inches of the butt of blank on a shelf to test and it tested Power at 460 grams Action angle around 72. To test at 6’6”, mark the blank there with chalk or masking tape then brace 7.8 inches more up from the mark. My guess 8.5 inches cut off is going to lower the power and slow i
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Norman Miller Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > David - The NFC SJ762HM has a published IP= 462gm, > the NFC SJ762IM has an IP=400, neither the HM and > IM models have 7’3” SJ. I ordered and > received a NFC MB736 X-ray but I think it’s a > SJ736 based on it butt diameter (0.58” vs > O.49”), so I think they sent me the wrong blank. >
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I used Alps MXN guides but used the heavier frame XN for the stripper just because is was just a little taller. As long as the stripper guide is tall enough to keep the line off the front grip while fighting a fish that is the main thing. The Fuji K guides are a little higher than most standard guides and should work very well for you. For the reel seat any of those mentioned will work fine.I
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Sounds like you are close with it already going on .3 inch. I would try to open the id of tip top guide first a little bit then see how much do you need to sand the tip right at the spot where it wants to catch.A little sanding on a fiberglass tip shouldn’t be much of an issue. I built a Rod Geeks XC 733 very similar to what you want to do, Spiral wrapped going from a high frame 16mm to 8 mm a
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Did a CCS measurement of my SJ 732 blank. IP 465 grams AA around 72
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United Composites UC 703 at 10-17lb line 1/4-3/4 oz lure 5 tip .55 butt 2oz weight on paper looks very similar to St Croix SCIII 70mf in butt and weight specs. Everything else is subjective though such as action and line. This is where CCS measurements would come in really handy.
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Typical used on rods with casting reels that are used for big fish that put much pullling force on the rod. The spiral wrapping will bring the force to the bottom where it wants to go like a spinning rod. This prevents twisting ,makes a more stable rod while fighting a fish and less guides needed to keep the line off the blank when loaded. Many like myself like even lighter rods such as bass or i
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Check out the rod pictures page on fiberglassflyrodders forum.There are some very talented builders of fiberglass fly rods around the world that post pics on there. They have inspired me on the builds I am doing now for sure.
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Awesome Gabriel! I will definitely get more thread and tippet from you there.
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I am guessing you wanted a fast glass fly rod by buying an Epic, why do you want to slow it down with slower recovery by adding unnecessary weight? If you want fancy maybe keep it lower at the stripper guide and at the signature area in front of the cork to have the extra weight lower down.
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I received a partial refund through PayPal , thought it was better going that route than paying for return shipping to get another blank or full refund.I am going to put a light coat of Permagloss to protect the carbon fibers at the area that has the scrapes. Luckily this for a personal build and I am not like many others that builds for customers that requires a 1st quality blank. I hope Nort
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Those float blanks are going to be much different in action and power to the surf blanks.
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