The ones I got from Mudhole fell apart after one arbor. I had to take the tape off and redo it all. Would have been easier if I did this from scrap blanks.
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Turbos from American Tackle are very nice
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Thomas and Thomas is in Greenfield (used to be inTurners Falls), MA....Not the DownEast State..
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Very Simple... A tip from Capt Neil... Wrap a rubber band on the end of the butt and clamp on the rubber band. It will not open now... It works like magic...Saved me from throwing out my Pac Bay. I have had the rod rotating for over 10 hours..(forgot it was on..) Not an issue.. Ernie ..
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Why do you want to go with the S glass versus the new Super Seeker? Just curious.. I have 4 of the new Super Seekers and love them..
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NO FOAM... Crystals versus haze...but heck I oversaturate now..lol.. overnite to dry is okay.
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Billy You ever caught the offshore blues? They run 10-15+lbs...They really give you a battle. Snapper blues I like to live line... Never caught a tog, so I have no idea if they are of the pansy variety..
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I think Stripers are a lot dumber... I may be numb, but I still love them. Billy, take off your pink shoes and try them on a fly rod or light tackle. They rock..lol
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Wow I love catching Bluefish...they rock.. one of the toughest fish lb per lb out there..
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Hi Sanford I like black too with a flourescent white stinger, but also am partial to pink.. We have also had good luck with Green Machines with birds and purple/black jetheads. I fish out of Maine with an occasional trip out of Newburyport on my buddies boat. We fished off of Chatham in Mid July. Had doggies gut eat live Bluefish. Never saw that before..the Bluefish kept swimming w
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The weather looked great. I heard of a few guys hooking up on the CCB. Were you troling squids or jigging? September is a great month to fish. Congrats on the tuna.. Someday I will use those Winthrops...
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Sanford I made 4 SS-CTSF55XXH. We use 70VS with either 80 or 100lbs Moimoi. We use these for sharking mostly and have caught a few 400lbs on them and they work great. Very light blank especially if you build them with sleeve butts. I used the merrick bronze butt and it looked sharp. We also use them to pull our spreader bars as well from stellwagon, chatham and GOM.. BTW, when you po
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Jared I have the boomer jr and it feels pretty stiff enough to handle my 100lbs test on my 70VS.. I just need to build the darn thing.. I just walked in the other room and pulled on it and compared it to the Super Seeker in the same lb class and it feels a little stiffer. I looked at the baja boomer and that was too stiff for my liking.. What are you fishing for? Ernie
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I just built 4 superseekers the SS-CTSF55XXH model. They are nice. Calstars are also nice especially the graphfighters series. I like the straight thru application with these as I only have to cut a few inches off the bottom to get the right fit. Aftco 3 series reel seats (will fit the wide foots), aftco gimbal (both come in colors). 8 or 10 inch slick butt Hypolon or EVA grip
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I do this all the time. Someday, I will use my labelmaker to make it easier.. I have cleaned the syringes and they work fine...
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I have used both on 80lbs rods. Both will work. I am in favor of rollers, but ring guides will do the job. You see that set up a lot on 30-50lbs rods. Maybe it is a holdover from that.
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Seeker makes some called 4GAFF 4 foot up to a 8 foot 6Gaff 8Gaff Size 30 tip No idea on how they look or work..
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St Croix for me
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I too did not know and it is still sitting in its box. Most of my mixes have been 2-3ml(total) and that to me would seem to be a puddle in a 2 oz cup.. One day I will use it..
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Ray Send me the link also, please. Thanks in advance EJ
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Billy You need to lift weights more often...lol..
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Butyl Mercaptin is the smell of a Skunk... It is the Sulpher content that smell like rotten eggs. Same smell in a Chemical Pulp mill... Made that in High School Chemistry. Got into a little trouble..
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Is this Billy Vivona a rock star?
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Dick I tried the large arbors and I had a hard time keeping the hole straiht to get to the diameter I wanted. If I had the right tools, I would be better..lol.. I use drywall tape and rod bond to build up the area and find that to work as well. Just make sure the rod bon goes into the tape. Ernie
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Bob You really burnish mettalics? You must have a magical tool to allow that..lol..
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Scott Your work always amazes me. Great finish, nice clean lines...
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Funny you mention this. The 5 minute sets up in 5 minutes, HARD. I screwed up my roller tip top alignment a tad and it was bugging me. So to answer your question, heat and muscle will remove even a roller top. I used an alcohol lamp and applied light heat. It took me a bout 1.5 hours to get it off by myself. I kept varying the heat and I did not want to "burn" the top. It woul
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I have not used any Batson products.
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I put both in warm water for about 5 minutes and have no problems even if it is cold. ( I live in Maine).. It is water clear that is for sure.. You can make high build as thin as you want.
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I have a couple of the pink blanks from Mudhole awaiting wrapping. I just match it against Hot pink and Rose and neither really matches too well, but Hot pink is better. The color is almost has a tint of purple in it. So, maybe purple (barney) would go well. I think my daughters want orange and yellow wraps..
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