The Dupli Color stuff is available at my local NAPA Auto parts store.
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The last one I did was drastic. I was mating a very small diameter Black Hole blank to a large diameter foregrip and had a lot of space to make up. I glued a rubber winding check against the grip and built my ramp over that. It gave me a great foundation and I feel it gave the ramp it's shape.
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I enjoy building from those kits and then wrapping between the grips and adding a custom decal with the boat or owners name on it. Not a lot of work and people love having a gaff that matches their big game set of rods.
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I may suggest a butane torch to replace the alcohol burner....I got better results when I switched.
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I watched a guy wrap once who cut his tags off short BEFORE he pulled them out through the wrap. The tag end stayed under the wrap......never came up between threads
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Hi Euan, There are many more experienced guys on here than I but maybe I can help a little. Crossover spacing should be apx the same as the diameter of the rod where the wrap will be....1 inch diameter....1 inch spacing. Larger spacing gives you an elongated wrap....shorter spacing a compressed wrap. Don't try to put too much tension on each pass....packing will fix up the pattern for yo
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Mike Ballard Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If you are fighting stand up style with a harness, > you want to be certain you can break the line. > There have been more than a few fishermen that got > pulled into the drink because they were using > stand up gear with line that was too heavy. This > is fine if the fish are not as strong as y
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