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2 years ago
David Baylor
Interesting .... I use micro spheres in the plastic of a couple of soft plastic baits that I make. I use enough of the spheres in the plastic of one bait in particular, that will float a 3/0 Owner Down Shot hook. I originally made it for use as a drop shot bait, but using the amount of spheres needed to float the hook adds a lot of firmness to the soft plastic. It just doesn't have the action I w
Forum: rodboard 2 years ago
David Baylor
Norman, that thing is slick as heck. Not only does it look like it works great for threading guides, seeing it used to get line through a casting reels line guide is a must have. Thanks for posting that link. I just added one to my Mud Hole cart.
Forum: rodboard 2 years ago
David Baylor
Being older, my eyes aren't what they used to be, as well. I don't use leaders so I have no connecting knots to worry about passing so I go between 4.5's and 5's for running guides. The 5's are easier to pass line through when stringing up the rod, but then I think I only have to do that maybe once or twice a year.
Forum: rodboard 2 years ago
David Baylor
I go the route that John goes. If I can't find an arbor that fits the reel seat perfectly, I go a size larger and sand it down by hand to make it fit. I only use the foam arbors, so sanding them is quick and easy. But yeah, it is extra work.
Forum: rodboard 2 years ago
David Baylor
I'm not a fly fisherman. I just wanted to comment on what Kendall said in his first post of this thread. And that would be to agree completely with what he said about people casting farther than cane effectively fish a bait. I see people do it all the time with spinning and casting gear. IMO, controlling casting distance is just as important and the bait you have tied on the end of the line, or t
Forum: rodboard 2 years ago
David Baylor
Wow guys, thanks for all the responses, some great stuff.
I'll start with what Mark asked about concerning a KW 10's height in relationship to a modern low profile casting reel's line guide. As mentioned in my initial post, I use a KW 10 as the butt guide on my casting rods, and with the butt guide placed 21.5" from the face of the reel, the line touches the top of the ID of the ceramic
Forum: rodboard 2 years ago
David Baylor
Not wanting to possibly high jack another members thread, I figured I'd start my own on the subject. The height of a casting rods' butt guide was mentioned in a fairly recent running thread. It was mentioned that a Fuji RV6 and a Fuji KW 10 were interchangeable because the height of the bottom of the rings (the rings' ID) were the same. It was further mentioned that the total height of the guide
Forum: rodboard 2 years ago
David Baylor
998. Re: broken rod
I'm curious as to why it has to be a section of fiberglass rod blank to use for the repair, or it will fail? It it because the break was ahead of the reel seat? I ask because I repaired a rod for a friend that had a break just behind the front grip of a split rear grip. I used a section of a NFC X ray blank that was broken during shipping, for the insert. It's been in heavy use for a year now, an
Forum: rodboard 2 years ago
David Baylor
You would be doing yourself a favor to take a look at the Alps MVT casting reel seat as well. It's a beautiful seat that you order to fit the blank. The seat is sized at the the end of the thread barrel, so to order, you need to know where the end of the thread barrel will be on the blank, once the seat is installed. They come with a woven graphite insert already installed in the reel seat, They'
Forum: rodboard 2 years ago
David Baylor
U40 Rod Bond hardener looks like a gel. The matching resin looks like a paste. Does that make U40 Rod Bond a gel/paste? :o)
Count me in with Norman and Lynn ..... same same
Forum: rodboard 2 years ago
David Baylor
1001. Re: CFX Grips
I have done them both ways, and don't find them to be uncomfortable to fish with, either way. Below is a link to a picture of the butt of my drop shot rod. It is a stock CFX fighting butt that I top coated with the lay up epoxy that comes with the CFX kit that Mud Hole offers. After top coating it with the lay up epoxy, I sanded it so that the surface was smooth and even, then did a final top coa
Forum: rodboard 2 years ago
David Baylor
If you want to be sure that the textured surface of the sleeve won't affect the second sleeve you want to put over it, just coat the existing grip with the layup epoxy you use for the putting the sleeve on. Once it dries you can sand it to remove any high spots and then just install the second sleeve on it as if it were a bare foam core.
I've only built one of the CFX grips using the kit from
Forum: rodboard 2 years ago
David Baylor
1003. Re: Silk thread ?
Donald, thank you for your additional response. I really appreciate it.
I know what you mean about wanting a nice shallow ramp. I have zero problems with thread sliding on the smaller single foot KB and KT guides I've been using on my last few builds. As for the larger thicker footed guides, Admittedly, I am a little reluctant to take a lot off the ends to really shallow up the ramp. I'll hav
Forum: rodboard 2 years ago
David Baylor
1004. Re: Silk thread ?
Spencer, thank you for the response. I appreciate it. I know it's going to come down to experimentation and learning the what not to do's with products that are new to you. I was just trying to get an idea of what to expect.
Donald, thank you as well for the response. Much appreciated. I was hoping to hear from you, as it was your post in a the previously mentioned thread, that got me researc
Forum: rodboard 2 years ago
David Baylor
1005. Silk thread ?
I was reading the thread about some ideas for nylon thread colors on a dark blank, and silk thread was mentioned. It made me curious. I am looking at a site that offers Kimono silk thread. They have some beautiful colors available, and I really think I want to give them a try. But I need to know some things first.
My first questions are .... the thread this site offers is 100 wt. How close is
Forum: rodboard 2 years ago
David Baylor
I used Pro Wrap 831 Smoke Screen on a Pac Bay Quickline blank, they were painted gloss black. It ended up being a dark charcoal color, and really looks sweet. My latest build was done on one of the new RX10 Eternity blanks. It's a natural graphite finish. I used Pro Wrap 755 Chestnut on it. The wraps ended up about the color of Pro Wrap 767 Chocolate that Mud Hole shows on their web site. I reall
Forum: rodboard 2 years ago
David Baylor
1007. Re: guide choices
The veil comes off in the 11th post. I would have thought it would have been much sooner than that.
Phil, you're slipping.
Forum: rodboard 2 years ago
David Baylor
Daniel, very cool !!! I can only imagine the feeling you had when you saw what had happened. It hurts even thinking about it. Glad it worked out for you, and it's maybe something you can count on happening again, if you were to do it purposefully. Of course, when you count on something like that happening, it may not. Which could be disappointing. Or maybe not.
Anyhow, very glad it worked out
Forum: rodboard 2 years ago
David Baylor
Roger? I'd be interested in what testing you're referring to when it comes to fluorocarbon versus nylon mono filament lines? Because the testing I have seen, do not show the results you're mentioning. The testing I am referring to, is the testing done by TackleTour.
We are all aware the not all fishing lines are created equal. Some braids are better than others, just as some nylon or co polym
Forum: rodboard 2 years ago
David Baylor
1010. Re: For David Baylor
Joshua, sure. I'll shoot you an e mail to your Yahoo.com address. I'll put rod building in the subject line. It will be from my AOL.com account
Forum: rodboard 2 years ago
David Baylor
1011. Re: A scene from Jaws
Kendall, cool fight and even cooler that you were able to land the fish. Those saltwater fish are strong fish.
And Jeffrey, LOL on the Scooby Do rod. Too cute !!! And I can only imagine the look on her face when you cut that line. Talk about an evil eye !!!
Love the stories. Anyone else have some crazy fish fights to share? I'd love to read them.
Forum: rodboard 2 years ago
David Baylor
1012. Re: A scene from Jaws
LOL Lynn. Actually I went out to the same lake today to try for some smallmouth. Only had one smallmouth on though. Had it hit a crankbait, but it threw it when it jumped. Went to one of my prime spots. It's a rock pile in 9' of water with deeper water close by. It was covered up with fish, but they weren't smallmouth. I couldn't buy a bite on a tube or a jig, so I busted out that pan fish set up
Forum: rodboard 2 years ago
David Baylor
Mark, I use fluorocarbon line as the main line for my spinning reels, so I feel your pain. I pretty much gave up on trying to keep the twist out of the line when putting fresh line on. I've tried the method Norman described, I've tried it by reeling it on like I would a bait casting reel, only the line coming off the bottom of the spool instead of the top. and neither of them work. I've come down
Forum: rodboard 2 years ago
David Baylor
1014. A scene from Jaws
I had one of those yesterday. I am sure people remember the scene where Quint was fighting the shark on rod and reel, and he says, "he's gone under the boat" I didn't have jaws on the line, but I did have about a 36" muskie on the line. I started the morning throwing a squarebill along some bridge rip rap. This bridge is the last bridge before you actually start heading up the riv
Forum: rodboard 2 years ago
David Baylor
Joe, that archery set up you described at Baldwin Wallace sounds like it would have been very cool. Bednar's had an indoor range that we would shoot at from time to time, but it always felt odd shooting indoors. We belonged to Akoga Bowmen located in what used to be North Hampton, later annexed by Cuyahoga Falls. It had 5 practice buts at varying yardages and two 20 target courses that were sprea
Forum: rodboard 2 years ago
David Baylor
I pretty much grew up with a bow and arrow in my hand. First bow at age 5. I shot tournament archery for 8 years. I shot instinctive. Well, 3 fingers under actually, and got pretty good at it. I got 13 chipmunks over one summer with my target bows. A Bear HC 300, and a Wing Presentation 2. Longest shot on a chipmunk was 30 yards. I can tell you, when you chipmunk hunt with your target arrows, you
Forum: rodboard 2 years ago
David Baylor
Jay, I had actually thought about doing that. It would give me a chance to get a hands on with a couple of Point Blank blanks, just to see if one of those would fit the bill. It would a nice way to spend half a day. Thanks for the idea.
Addition: Shoot !! Just popped on Jann's web site. They don't list offering the IMMS60MXF blank. They do offer the 6' 10" medium though. So if anyone has
Forum: rodboard 2 years ago
David Baylor
1019. Re: For David Baylor
Lynn, sent you a reply to the e mail you sent on Sept 29th. As you can see, I don't check my e mail often. lol Sorry about that buddy. Good to go now and I will be expecting an e mail from you, so I'll check daily. Later man !!!
Forum: rodboard 2 years ago
David Baylor
I don't want to steer the thread in a different direction, but I do have a question for Jay concerning the recommendation of the IMMS610MXF blank. Jay? Have you happened to do CCS testing on one of those blanks before trimming it? If so, I'd be really interested in what you came up with for an IP number on that blank?
The reason I ask is, I bought the same blank in the now defunct Eternity 2
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