I'm half tempted to buy one of ech and build them both out. It's a tough hobby with and endless limit of possabilities. I generally troll and have rods ready to cast live bait or plugs/bucktails. But this coming year I am planning on putting my boat in Marathon in dry storage for a month or two and go down for the spring run, which could mean much more run and gun. I'll keep you posted on what I
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I'm thinking of going kw 30, 20, 16, 10, 8, and 8. and then tip top. Any thoughts on that. The previouse rods I have built were all kits so guides were already pre determined, so this is my first go with what I have learned so far.
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The two blanks I lkie the most are about a $100.00 apart in price. Batsons Judge 7' and thenan MHX blank SW70M-MHX. I like the smaller diameter lighter blanks for the setup I mgoing for. And I know that im going with cork grips. I've always liked cork on my spinners.
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When it comes to rod wraps I like clean few colors. I appreciate the work that people do and am even mesmerized by it at times, but I like clean simple. As for acid wraps it does nothing for me. I understand them but hey not my thing. It took me a long time to switch to braid for my inshore rods, I was am nostalgic about mono. But you can’t beat the casting distance of braid. As of right now I
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Yes I did already buy it and it is the Saltist. The lip of the spool is 66.74...... mm. I went with the reel for several reasons. One I have reallly been liking Daiwas products lately. Two, I really like the feel of that reel, and I really like the colors of it, which is a little silly buy hey. Now my question is do I still go with a size 30 guide or drop down to a 25, and go from there?
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And it feels right. That 6500 on a spinner was so awkward. It never felt right. And if I were to get spooled that’s better then not hooking up at all. Thanks for all your help and input you two.
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So I’ve decided to switch to a 5000. I did some research and thinking and figure it is actually the better way to go. I might scale my mono down a little or do a braid mono split. So now back to the drawing board on guides.
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I found mono is more forgiving on jumping fish, and long runs. Also at times the boat cant give chase either to double hook ups or at anchor , and line capacity is very important. That being said I have been trying to convince myself that a smaller reel like the 5000 with 20# braid is the way to go. Or maybe add a 100 yard 20# mono top shot on the braid. And yes that reel is ridiculously big/heav
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Thats suppose to be Saltis not Saltiga. That's a little rich for my blood.
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I read that article the other night and did the calculations and was left very perplexed for that very reason. I was thinking I was doing it wrong or not understanding something. I wish I could get away with a smaller reel but need the line capacity for what I'm fishing for. The reels I'm looking to use are actually Diawa Saltigas. Wish I could get away with the 5000. Thanks for your guidance
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Thanks for the reply, I kind of figured NGC would be the way to go, but as you said the big surf rods are goin KR so was not so sure. And yes your right that 90% of the fishing will be from a moving boat and casting distance is not as important. And even at drift or anchor you don’t see the fish until they are relatively close.
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Very new to rod building and all my fishing is saltwater. I am in the process of building a heavy spinning rod for tarpon and then want to build a set of offshore spinners for casting at sails, mahi, and such. Would the kr concept work on rods with 6500 or larger spinners with 20 lb test mono and the larger knots that we use, or should I follow the new guide concept? The rods will all be 7’ and
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I have had troubles with achieving and maintains thread tension on two of the four thread holders. One slight turn to much and way to much tension. Back it off a hair and everything goes flying. I don’t know if it’s the knobs or what but have fixed it by replacing the plastic spacers with slightly shorter nylon spacers from the hardware store. Not the best solution but I can set and maintain the
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