It’s another interesting option .
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I saw these a while ago, has anyone used these reels? They can be put on a spinning rod and the reels weight is under the rod. I poster picture
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<p> Sister in-law did inscription,Needs a little touch up after being used as a staff on the rocks</p>
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<p>Saw a well used rod I did about 12 years ago a lamiglas 1321m, I It was interesting to see how it held up. He apologized for putting tape on wrap to measure fish.</p>
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&lt;p&gt;Grip before turning&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Some checkers made with mud hole corkrings&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Checkers&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
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kind of crude, assenbled from things laying aroud the house.portable and actually works well
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this was original trim wrap decided it was too busy &amp; did over to simpler one in other picture
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fuji butt cap trimmed &amp;sanded,thin pac bay winding check
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lamiglass 1321m ,after reaming &amp;shaping cork ended up about 1/8&quot; thick,was a little chalenging
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My first attempt at a fade.
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I had a carbon fiber grip with the same uneven end. I used a socket similar in diameter to the trim ring in a vise and just pushed down on the grip gently on the part that was raised. The foam is pretty soft and will compress very easy . You can judge how flush it sit using the socket as a guide. The carbon fiber will loosen enough the put the trim ring flush. It worked well for me.
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On matching reel seat to blank can be a reference to exposed casting seats that come in different I.d.’s that would be sized close to o.d of blank ,then reel seat would be reamed to fit blank if necessary to fit blank snug without a gap at the point where reel seat would be mounted.If using a decorative insert it would match I.d. of exposed reel seat then an arbor is used and reamed to fi
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What a coincidence seeing this article & picture of modified Redfin. I wanted a travel rod and just built a MHX TR904-3. As I played with it I thought I would be nice for redfins & light tins for Long Island sound Stripers & false albacore so extended to 8’ (no more warrant). My go to rod for that purpose is lamiglass 1081l with a nps 20 very comfortable & I agree 9’ rod is opt
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Yes it is loud,on a low setting its better. The sound is from the motor itself. I put a little grease on the gears & made no difference. Hard to access the motor to lubricate & didn’t want to mess with it any further.
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Check out a 14-16 weight fly rod I think most are 8’ 6”, could be modified.
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great rod, it gets maxed out at 3 oz lures my set up is 750ss ( same spool diam as vs 250) or 650ss 40 ,25,16 ,10,10,10,10,12 , but guide 31 1/2" from spool face, 22 1/2 " from butt to middle of reel foot
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thanks guys,its probobly same stuff you got,this is from a kids toy rolling pin from target .this will be on spinning rod so wont be handled like fly rod grip,i'll try &see what happens ,thanks again.
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I'm going to use it ,it holds up to bluefish pretty well and had same poppers for a few seaons with out deteriorating so it should be ok for grips.Like you mentioned ,we won't know until we try,thanks , James (zeke)Stavola
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I have some closed cell foam the kind ,used for fly poppers in 1 1/2&21/4 in. diam. Has anyone used these for grips? It's slightly softer than eva,just wondering if it's worth using. The colors are pink & purple which are hard to find ,i want to use them on my daughters rod,really not my rod ,lol
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After reading what Cliff wrote ,i remember the last time i used flex coat cp it seemed very thick so i thinned by 1/3 with water and it became granular,so i thinned it more and it was worse.I thought it was a bad batch but now i realize it was the water.Iknow flex coat recommends water,next time i'll try acetone or denatured alcohol,thanks for info.
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i have been looking at this site for awhile, (this is my second post)and it inspired me to take up this addictive craft again after being out of the loop for many years ,just finished redoing an old fenwick surf rod.there is so much info to get here and everyone is willing to help.At this time i'm finishing the basement and giong to set up a work area.I saw many great ideas in the photo gallery,i
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yes, i agree #30 ihave single foot guides on 7' fenwick 846 with old 450ss,don't know if you're doing concept i tried but angle that on reel wouldn't line up right ,someone else had that problem with a penn ss,can't rember if on this site or elsewhere,maybe i'll try search ,good luck.
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