Mark thanks for the kind words. For anyone who has not seen the article or the read previous post on this I have attached a search link to the open end hookers and how to make them from about two years ago. Norm
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Mark, here is another write up on Garcia Conolon history The history Of fishing tackle is quite interesting. Norm
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Mark, from what I have found it seems that the Missilite rods were made by the National Research Manfacturing Co prior to being sold to Abu Garcia in 1960. So your rod was probably made in the late 1950 s. Here is a little history I found interesting. Norm
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Here is a thread on Aetna foul proof guides. One of the posts by Vic cutter gives some history on them. Hope this is of some help.. I had forgot they were a Gudebrod product. Norm PS it helps to supply the link.
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Mark, they were used on spinning, casting, and fly rods. Even on boat rods, and surf rods. The largest size of the guides was about 2.5” ( over 60mm) in diameter down to a small size of at least 1/4” (about 6 mm) Their diameters were measured in inches vs millimeters, and were made of Monel stainless wire in two different gauges, light and heavy. Back in the day Orvis used them on some of their
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The guides look similar to the old Aetna Foulproof guides, but not quite. I don’t think Aetna made guides in the 40s or 50s. So if these are Aetna guides and if original to the rod, then the blank was not made in the 40s or 50s, but I may be wrong. The Aetna Foulproof are hard to find. I used to have a bunch of them but gave them away a couple of yrs ago to someone in Michigan who used them on sa
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Mark, it also called sewer or drainage pipe. It is thinner and thus lighter because it is not used for pressure applications. Norm
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Spinning rod or casting rod? What power? What reel and what type of line? I’m not a big fan of recoil guides for either spinning or casting, much prefer KR guides. Yes you can do a KR concept without using Fuji K guides, but those guides need to have similar specifications in order to get good results. Norm
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Most of epoxies used for gluing things together are very tolerant to differences in mixing ratios. A Glob of each that look about same size is close enough. If you want to be a little more accurate use measuring spoons. Finishing epoxies are quite different and require much more accurate measuring. Norm
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Try products from United Composites, Fibre Glast, or Aluminite. They all sell a two part polyurethane foams of different densities. Norm
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Dr. Ph. Martins iridescent calligraphy ink. The best I’ve ever used, will not bleed or smear once it’s dry. I coat with epoxy or even Permagloss, works great. Norm
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Try Soller Composites, everything you need except the foam cores. Norm
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Ernie, intrinsic power is basically the amount of weight it takes to bend a rod 1/3 its total length. So it a means to determine the relative power of a given rod, and enables one to compare that rods with other rods. It is much more meaningful that relying on the manufacturers power designations of L, M, MH, H, etc. However, very few manufacturers give IP numbers when describing their blanks, th
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I did a CCS Intrisic power (IP) calculation on a SCVS66MF and the IP=425 gm, for an Eternity ETES68M the IP=455 gm, and for an MHX EPS 81MXF IP= 437gm. So all three were surprising close in their power ratings, Eventhough the Eternity and the Elite Pro series blanks were a little longer I would think that their respective 6’6” versions would be similar in power. For example, a SCVS70MF has an IP
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I have an Eternity 2 8 wgt very sweet rod, like it a lot. Norm
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The NFC blanks are nice but not that nice. I have heard and really think they are having some financial problems, maybe explaining their terrible customer service, and terrible may be a little on the kind side. A number of the blanks I have received from them appeared to be seconds, so I have not been impressed with their quality. One rod I built for a friend broke the first day he used it and
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Here is what I posted on another thread a short time ago concerning a 4.5 UL rod. “The difference between the Fuji KB guides and the KT guides is that the KBs have a longer and wider foot but still have the same ring size and height. The KB guides are meant to be used in the mid section (or belly) of the rod to better resist pullout forces that occur in this section of the rod when fully loade
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I ordered on bak in December still no word on when it will ship. Have emailed them a couple of time no response. Hope you are not in a hurry. Norm
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Instead of cork you could paint the PABay molded polyurethane foam grips to match anything you want. Norm
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For a carbon fiber grip get the ones that don’t have a tenon for both a fear and fore grip. With the Winn Grips just cut the tenon off so the reel sits fits flush. No problem doing this. Reel seat size is a personal choice. Some like small some like large. A size 17 reel seat is just fine for most fishing situations and are a good match with both the CFX carbon fiber fore and rear grips, and the
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Scott, I just received an email from a friend of mine from Hawaii, who is really into competive distance casting, and thus really knows what he is talking about. Here is what he sent me: “I noticed a request for information about the availability of 14 ft blanks. Talon does build a variety of these blanks and they are used in Hawaii for Ulua. They fall into two categories. Ulua and Menpach
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Nice idea. Are the woven fiberglass tube rings on the Tennessee handle used for holding the reel in place? If so, another neat Idea. Norm
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The threaded barrel of the Minima reel seat will need to be shimmed. I usually use a piece of a 16 mm polyurethane foam arbor and epoxy it in place in the tube. When set the arbor can be easily reamed to fit the blank. With the split reel seat you will need a winding check for at least one end of the threaded barrel, if you go with no foregrip you will need two winding checks. There a number of w
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Get it a little smaller and ream to fit, Norm
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Noah, thank you! Norm
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Yes, Herb it is quite obvious that you do not like to experiment you would rather believe what others tell you is true. I find your comments to the poster insulting and demeaning, He asked a question if anyone has texperience with making rods using different varieties of bamboo. There are other types of bamboo that make perfectly acceptable rods that are fun to fish with, even if they are not the
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Stan, I don’t get it either! Norm
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The purpose of these posts to me is to not only help the the OP but also to both help and educate everyone who reads them. So getting thank yous from others means we are doing our job. Norm
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Exerimentation is part of the education process and is a good thing, not a bad thing. One has to satisfy their own curiosity to educate themselves otherwise they rely on group think which is bad thing. Nay sayers restrict progress and knowledge. Norm
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Sure, if you want to you can add some more backing to fill the spool completely, but not required. The slower action will make it a little easier for you to cast with a nice relaxed casting motion. The slower action is more forgiving of casting technique. A 5 wgt will cast most flies used for trout or panfish, it will not do well with large bulky, and/or heavy flies. You should have fun with it
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