I've already said I am a huge fan of older vintage stradics... but Shimano has been hiding a secret in plain sight for those who can see it... can you tell which one of these is the stradic and which one is not? The reason I am showing both schematics of 2 shimano spinning reels is because they show a Shimano production secret not well known or known at all outside of rod and reel shop
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There is another issue with newer stradics and other Shimano spinners... today if you rust up a line roller bearing, you have to now replace the line roller and the bearing. It is now one part. In my older stradics, I could slide the bearing out of the line roller and just replace the bearing, but not any more. Now you can have a perfectly good line roller with a bad bearing and have to replace b
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I'm not saying they are crappy. But when you sit at a bench Monday through Friday and sometimes Saturday and see a lot of newer stradics come across the bench needing the aluminum gear replaced to make it smooth again in reels less than 2 years old- and on a very regular almost daily basis, I'd have to say it is problematic at the least. Keep in mind we have guys who will buy a small stradic and
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You can upgrade and install carbon fiber drag washers which will last in this mech. But it will still have soft aluminum main drive gear issue, so heavy load fishing will wear them out faster. Low load fishing will take longer. Keep in mind I saw these reels in the shop on a daily basis. When we stock those soft aluminum gears we bought them in large quantities like 20 or 30 or 40 at a time so we
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Robert Ford Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The Shimano Stradic Ci4 is the smoothest spinning > reel I have for the price point. Excellent reels. Yes they are nice reels, but as a former Shimano reel tech I avoid the newer stradics because of the drag mech. My older stradic drag washers last forever. The newer ones can be chewed up in a year or so. Shi
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Todd Andrizzi Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sorry Kent...I have a question for you. I was > always a Shimano guy but the last two years have > swayed and now really like Pflueger spin reels. > You being a certified tech on some brands, how do > you feel about Pflueger? I use their middle reels. > My favorite is the Summit XT. What are yo
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Mark Talmo Wrote: > If you are interested in a NOS FG Conolon blank, > let me know what you are looking for and I will > see what I have. These blanks are absolutely > beautiful after a coat or two of PG to highlight > the weave pattern. Am I correct that these are glass rods? Thanks for the offer, but I'll pass on these rods. Honestly I don't use glass rods any more f
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Robert Ford Wrote: > love old ambassadeurs,1970s and older. I have used the old abu's but they have a couple of problems I have encountered as a fisherman and as a reel tech... One of the downsides to the abu round reels is that the level wind line guide is directly tied to the spinning of the spool with gears. So when trying to cast one, the level wind line guide is also moving from
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I post this thread as a curiosity to see where custom rod building members of this forum stand on this issue. For me, I am nearly 60 years old so I have been fishing since the late 1960's and I have lived through many phases of the fishing tackle changes over the years and decades and I have seen things come and go and some stick around. And it is precisely all those years- my younger years
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I love U.S. made Falcon rods... been using them for decades and thankfully I have never had one snap on me, but the following video haunts me! Though it is not on a hook set... But this rod snapping opens the door to blank design which has changed over the years. This Falcon Buccu series is what is known as a thin wall blank which were a warranty nightmare to rod companies. Today, thin wall bl
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Tip guide takes all or most of that hook setting force. The guides down the blank do not experience side pulling loads like that tip does. The guide closest to the tip will experience the next highest load pull, but it is a mere fraction of what the tip experiences when setting the hook. And this loading force on the guides gets progressively less with each guide moving closer to the reel. If
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Michael Danek Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'll bet that you could just build it all on top, > then rotate the front two sections to 180 degrees > and it would work just fine. Or, rotate middle section to 90 degree on either side and tip section to 180 degrees. This way he can have spiral wrap and conventional all in one rod.
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You can spiral wrap any rod. The next question would be what method of spiral wrapping would you choose to go with? One thing I would be concerned about is consistent guide alignment, so I would mark the blank pieces in some way so that assembly can be more accurate every time.
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Tim Collins Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > it was > just funny how poorly they’re still made today. Par for the course actually. Since profit is what drives this industry most of what we buy is all made cheaply in China with almost no quality control and no vision from that side of the pond as to our market desires or needs. The bulk of fishing pr
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Robert A. Guist Wrote: > > Did you read Joy's article? > No, Did not know there was one until now. And it can be found where? Is it the old Rod Crafters journals? I am reading Dale Clemons advanced custom rod building book now that mentions Joy Dunlap and amazed at how primitive the spiral wrapping idea is in this book.
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Doing a search on this forum pulls a posted comment by Ralph O'Quinn who says it like this: Re: History of the Robert's Wrap... Posted by: Ralph O'Quinn (---.pstbbs.com) Date: May 04, 2003 06:36PM John S. Scanlan of Chicago patented the spiral wrap in 1909. It is the only patent of record. Joy Dunlap, a rod builder of quite some reknown, learned the technique from Chuck Roberts. In de
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He/she... never met a 'he' named Joy! Ooops! But the point I was making was that Joy learned it from Chuck Roberts and coined it the Robert's wrap. Is this correct? Did this Joy Dunlap create his own method of spiral wrapping distinctly different or, was Joy's method one and the same as a Robert's wrap? I am not clear on this point. I keep reading across the web how this Joy Dunlap pers
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Robert A. Guist Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hello Tom. > > Here are all the ones I could find: > 15/6 Spiral Guide Placement. By Joy Dunlap. 10 I'd like to inquire about this entry into the lineup. I read an old Don Morton post on this forum: www.rodbuilding.org/read.php?2,2075,2075#msg-2075 Re: Robert's Wrap Posted by: Don
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> But I doubt the conflict between art > and function will ever go away. And that is why I am biting my tongue and avoiding this one! Tom spoke for some us!
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Norman Miller Wrote: > To circumvent > this problem the KB (belly) guide was designed by > Fuji with a longer and wider foot to help > counteract these forces. One of the "improvements" I'd like to see would not be to increase the width and length, but to change the shape of the foot. Rather than smooth edges with zero grip ability, a rounded sawtoothed shaped ed
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Tom Kirkman Wrote: > > There is a RodMaker issue that covers most of the > popular ones, but even that one is about 10 years > ago so it may be time for an update with an > overview on all the methods. > That would be a great idea and much appreciated for sure!
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Nice job! Well done!
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And I greatly appreciate you adding it to the mix Tom! I am already getting calls and emails from across the country on it. It is gratifying to know that others see the merit of the results, and are wanting to build their own rods trying to achieve similar results for themselves. And Tom, I sure wish there was one single place where all of the various methods you mentioned could be viewed a
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I have been asked in several emails how to construct a Cagey Hook Wrap, and all I can say is it is in the article. Ask Tom for a copy of the magazine or email me as I am presently working on a more detailed "technical manual" type of approach to this build. It is not something that can just be laid out or guides set at predetermined angles. This method follows straight path line flow
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I may start some heated discussion on this, but basically there are 2 sides to custom rod building. There are custom rod builders who are into creating high performance fishing rods, and then there are custom rod builders who care more about looks and art than performance. And this subject of wrapping an entire rod falls into the latter category. To me it is a useless thing to do to a rod. Not on
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Phil Ewanicki Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > How much farther (on the average) will a > spiral-guide rod cast than an inline-guide rod > built on the same blank? Not one inch further that I am aware of. >How much more accurate is > a spiral-guide rod than an in-line guide rod? Accuracy is up to the angler. > If > not provid
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Fuji KR concept guides.
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Phil Ewanicki Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Fighting a big fish [6+ lbs.] with spiral-wrapped > guides puts a lot of torque all in one direction > on a rod blank. Would it be better to spiral > guides halfway down the blank in one direction, > then spiral guides in the opposite direction down > the rest of the rod to ease the torsion on
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Dennis Danku Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Kent, What would the outcome be if someone was to > put a right handed reel on your rod? This... It would still work, but it would not be as efficient. The way you hold the rod and work a fish into you is pulling the rod away from the spiral side and causing increased angular bends of line flow throug
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roger wilson Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > So, if I read through the lines -- > The "new" system does not necessarily allow the > fisherman to cast any further or with more > accuracy or to catch and release more fish? > > But, the "new" system lets a person be more rested > at the end of a 12 hour fishing day?
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