Hi All, Hitena's NCP threads released today. 15 gorgeous colors are coming in 6 sizes (AA, A, B, C, D, E), 100yd and 1oz spool - all stocked now. Check how these threads look like before and after finish is applied here. It has same great stretch and workability as our Nylon threads and comes with Lifetime Guarantee of Color Fastness - IT NEVER FADES COLOR under UV over time. All threads a
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Sorry for the confusion. Anything we are marketing here is out of TX warehouse so International shipping means out of USA. Say, USA domestic is always available. Thanks.
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Hi Everybody, Finally our rod finish epoxy (Non-Cracking Formula) is available here for sale. We believe this is the best non-cracking epoxy available in the market that completely penetrates down through the threads to form the strongest bond among wrap, blank and guide foot and sustainable over time and bending - you'll find a microscopic at our homepage. Self-levelling is incredibly nic
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Now 100% fluorocarbon tippet sample is available here.
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Hi, This has nothing to with rod building but wanted to share this free tippet sample event with fly fishers in the forum. Hitena presented completely new fly tippet material last week at FFI fly fishing show at Boise, ID which we believe is totally changing fly tippet market soon. Now, we are giving away 6m cut sample tippet for trial as we have done with our wrapping threads. If interested,
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Hi Everyone, STwrap - Nylon Wrapping Thread AAA size is available now. This thread was produced exactly the same as our nylon wrapping thread but we expect they will find more home in fly tying. Our AA size has been widely used by casual fly tyers due to it's stretch and we were asked to supply thinner ones for fly tying. As a wrapping thread originally, it's a twist thread and non-waxed. Unle
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UV decay on thread is actually not much to do with thread material - it's more to do with how it was produced. If nylon were much inferior to polyester in UV exposure, we shouldn't have seen nylon used for outdoor clothes. When it comes to color fastness under UV, it's also widely understood polyester is better than nylon but that's not true - again not much to do with material but how it was dy
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Thanks Ray. All sample spools ran out currently but we'll have more late next month along with regular stocks. Will post color list and sample availability once we have. Here are some photos.
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Thanks Mark. Just back from ICAST with abt 50 metallic thread samples sent from HQ directly. Will contact you for sample trial shortly. Thanks.
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Richard. Glad to hear you liked ours. Thanks!
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Yes Mark. We wish to add best quality rod building stuffs to give builders more options to choose from. But real game will start when our blank releases later this year. I’ll contact you once samples arrive here for your trial. Thanks.
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Thanks Billy!
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Sure Billy. I'll contact you after ICAST. Thanks.
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Hi everybody, Hitena Metallic thread will be released in A, D sizes and 100yd as follows, - 42 Single color - 20 Multi color - 10 Multi refractive - 20 Jasper - 20 Braid We'll provide rod building's largest metallic selection of 100+ which absolutely stands out visually, best quality at LOWEST PRICE in the market. Also our A and D would be true to their size. We believe our A is the
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Hi everybody, Pantone numbers for Hitena wrapping thread STwrap are uploaded at our homepage here . or they are, 001 Black [19-0303] 105 Gray [17-0000] 106 Charcoal [19-3908] 204 Blue [18-4244] 205 Dark Blue [19-4245] 208 Navy [19-3933] 303 Orchid [17-2031] 305 Orange [16-1462] 307 Red [19-1664] 308 Garnet [19-1655] 323 Violet [19-3748] 341 Freesia [13-0758] 404 Forest [18-5338]
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Hi everyone, Our booth next week's ICAST is #4646. We'll present new products like, - Glow thread 5 colors in size D (B will be released later) - Fluorocarbon main lines - Fly tippet (fluorocarbon) - Tackle box 16 types fully configurable itself and transformable to fly box (4 colors) We planned to present our Metallic thread at the show but slightly delayed. It will be released sho
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Hi Ben, D is abt 6.0 lb and E is abt 7.3 lb in average. There are some variations. Thanks.
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As Herb mentioned, our thread diameter used to be told thick in sample stage and we made it a little thinner on production but now some people feedback it's thin. Every producer has different size standard in thread and they are different by CP/NCP, even by colors within the same type. Also it's almost impossible to measure thickness correctly coz there is no standard on how much pressure to be a
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Hi Gil, If you want to try our thread, pls register your delivery address at our homepage and let me know. I can send you couple of 30yd samples. You can choose them here . Thanks. .
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Hi Everybody, Finally 17 colors of STwrap - Stretchable rod wrapping thread are completed and available in AA, A, B, C, D, E size and 100 yd, 1 oz spool. They come in Black, Gray, Charcoal, Blue, Dark Blue, Navy, Pink, Orange, Red, Burgundy, Yellow, Violet, Green, Beige, Chestnut, Mahogany. You can see how it comes out in finish with color preserver and without color preserver pictured at our
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Hi Everybody, Hitena USA is looking for Sales Representatives across the country who will grow together with the world best performance fishing tackle manufacturer. Each Sales Rep gets PROTECTED BUSINESS TERRITORY OF A WHOLE STATE he is residing. Please check details at our facebook page. . Thanks.
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Hi John, We recommend FG knot - that is most reliable for 4 lb line and will make the thinnest knot possible to reduce interruption with guide rings. Thanks.
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Hi Everybody, STwrap - Rod Wrapping Thread, 1 oz spools A, D sizes are fully stocked for all colors. A 1,000yds and D 500yds are market's longest yardage and 35% off MSRP with special purchase program for professional builders will make it the most competitive thread available Old 400 yd spools are still available at hefty discount. Silk threads - world thinnest wrapping thread, are availa
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Hi Everybody, We are now shipping free main fishing line sample spool together with any order you place at our homepage www.hitenausa.com. Currently we have a few hundred sample spools stocked for all strength of our main lines except Razor. Samples are factory overruns in any length between 20~80yds and have the same quality with regular spools. Pls check details at our facebook page Than
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Hi Mark, Glad to hear you got a good result. Our homepage has some photo of invisible wrap done with our AAAA Natural Silk thread and our epoxy on our blank. It has both photos of before and after finished is applied. With this finest AAAA thread, I know some people are concerned that it might break during wrapping but I have never experienced it for 10+ wraps so far on my hand wrapper with
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Hi Everybody, We are changing packing size of our STwrap to stay in line with common rod building world conception. After the change, 1 oz spool comes in market's LONGEST YARDAGE, AA 1,000 / A 1,000 / B 750 / C 600 / D 500 / E 400 yd without any difference in length between Nylon and NCP. Price is deeply cut also based on 1 oz and now professional rod builders can buy STwrap 100yd spool at the
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Hi Mark, Pls check our silk thread just launched last week here. We have AAAA (#12/0) and AAA (#8/0) size with White and Natural color. 100% Silk thread developed for rod wrapping. AAAA is just abt 50 denier which is the finest wrapping thread. If you find this will work for you, pls let me know. I'll send you samples. Thanks.
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Hi Everybody, 6 more colors (Navy, Forest - Green, Olive, Tan, Chestnut, Mahogany) of STwrap nylon are released for all sizes and now we have total 13 colors available for sale. 400yd spools for all colors are available in size A and D also. With the release of more colors, we updated our assortment pack to 13 colors at the same discount you had at 7 pack. This pack already falls on our f
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HI Frankie, If you didn't do it yet. What abt our Stwrap AA size for your bank tip? It's designed for fly rods, underwrap and tip wrapping with much thinner diameter than A size. It's nylon thread and will absorb epoxy very nicely. Thanks.
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Hi Everybody, We have been telling you don't need to spend time doing extra work to hide thread end when you finish wrapping with STwrap, Looks not many people know abt this yet so we have a very quick video here. You will see slight pulling of the thread upon razor cut will have the bud simply disappear under the wrap due to STwrap's stretch and elasticity and nothing left to be done. Take a
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