Hello, Any body have experience using craft hot glue for rod tips? Im trying to find the difference, because I know my wife will freak if I spend any more money on this new hobby. I have thread, guides and epoxy on the way, could I just use the glue from a hot glue gun to put the tip on, then wrap and epoxy it? I know there are a lot of cheap glues out there but even a 5 buck charge and my
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Tom Kirkman Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > There is nothing special about building a pistol > grip handle rod. One of the "better resources" you > need is RodMaker Magazine that has covered not > only how to build these rods but how to craft you > own cork pistol grips, with basic hand tools, from > cork rings. Otherwise, you ju
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Looks like I need to catch one on @#$%& next time it is up for offer. Ill hit the local goodwill style fishy stores around me and maybe Ill find something. I have no idea how I would build with this rod's handle. Been trying to find a good guide for building a pistol grip handle and there isn't much. I need to find better resources...
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Spencer Phipps Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > A decade, or so ago they were still available in > Japan. Not sure now. The ones I saw were much > fancier. Are we talking about the handle or the rods themselves? Do you know any brands or names of the "reel handle", or even a name of one of the rods?
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Tom Kirkman Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > They were called a lot of different things - > collet handles, chuck type handles, etc. This is > how nearly all freshwater casting rods were made > until the early 1980's. > > ............... So, found more information. I searched an antique ferrule catalog and found almost the exact ones used
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I appreciate the quick reply! Definitely giving me more stuff to search up. Do you know if there was a specific name for the rods with the collets on them? Or were they just called casting rods? Do you know of any vendor that sales newer collet/chuck handles?
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Hello! I have been searching far and wide for a name of this style of rod. There are 3 that share the same pistol grip handle, the 4th is a few MM larger and doesn't fit. I don't know how to post pictures in this forum, but here is a link to an album I put on IMGUR. I included the handle that is used and pictures of the ferrule like ends that insert into the metal clamp. Anything el
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