Thanks for pointing that out Matt, I knew something didn't look right but there were no units on the NFC website. What are your thoughts on the 735 and 736 HM being the same measurements but the heavier rated one being lighter? Or your thoughts on these blanks or comparing their materials?
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Interestingly I was just looking a little deeper at the specs and I see the MB735 and 736 in HM have the same size Tip and butt, but the 736 weighs 0.3oz less and rated 1/4 oz heavier. The 736 xray is rated the same as 735HM and has a tip size 1.7 while the other two are ~2.2mm I think I'd really like to audit a class on blanks design to understand all this a little better. *Edit to do
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Hey Ken, I actually grabbed the MB735HM for myself as one of my first blank purchases - was thinking a little bit of a do all rod - but mostly bottom contact lures 1/4-3/8+plastic. But now being a little more familiar with CCS - although only on paper as I haven't felt a rod that I know the CCS numbers for - if it is on the slower side of fast I'll be very excited and likely use it for that and s
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Now left handed casters can finally cast right!
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Just checked my emails, I thought it was hilarious - a prefect satire of Shimano and other nonsense marketing schemes. They did a good job with that one haha
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Thanks for sharing your thoughts fellas @David I appreciate that you've used different tiers and offered that comparison- makes me feel a bit better about a past purchase with them I'm hoping to build soon.
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Well put it this way, Shimano poison adrena rod is 140% more sensitive, it's in all their marketing. MacDonalds burgers are 100% beef And cigarettes don't cause cancer.... they eventually debunked the bottom two, but they were allowed to market it for a while. As for the top one it means absolutely nothing, it's fluff that sells to the uninformed. Much like a left handed blank, the inv
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My buddy wants a new rod and I'm looking at these two blanks for him, I haven't found any CCS data on the MB735 in any carbon, and can only find MB736 in Xray... but looking at them got me wondering If X-ray is the top tier blanks why does the HM MB736 cost more than the X-ray? When not on sale of course. Is there a noticeable difference in quality or performance or anything? Weight doesn'
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@Phil I'd be interested if you'd share with me also :)
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Does anybody have the NFC HM MB735 and can give feedback or CCS data?
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Thanks for all the feedback yall! @Roger, I very well may have been getting ahead of myself and was aware of this at the time of purchase haha. I accidentally ordered a blank longer for her than I realized and then ordered another - I did this just starting out a few months ago and didn't realize that NFC sales were often enough to have waited. I have sort of pigeon holed myself into building
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Mike Ballard Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > CCS data will not give you lure weight casting > range. That comes down to mostly tip power so > unless you want to do the Big Picture measurement > you can't get it. Trying to match CCS measurements > to the mfg's ratings is a waste of time as they > are not based on the same thing. Mfg ratings
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Tom mentioned before he had some formula to calculate lure range with CCS data. @Mike, thanks for your response. How is lure range figured then if not by the characteristics of the blank? I don't beloieve I've confused anything - as I mentioned, I was not intending to discuss MH F ratings between rods, merely mentioning them as it was included in the data presented. I understand they are desig
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Thanks for sharing your thoughts fellas! Perhaps there is more consistent data elsewhere, but the reason why even the lure range can't be trusted is shown below. *****X-ray MB764 502 77 1/4-3/4****** IM-MB705-1 565.97 70.9 1/4-3/4 HM-MB705-1 608.39 75.4 1/4-3/4 SM-MB 705-1 615 72.3 1/4-3/4 *****HM MB705 635
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I'm asking for subjective information here, mostly anecdotal and onion based I'm sure - it's not about the specific numbers in the example I use. Let's say you have a rod that is 7'2 IP 650 AA 73 You find that you want a rod that "plays" fish a little better, has a little more give in it for throwing the same lure. If your options are a rod that is 7'2 IP 600 AA 78 or a rod th
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Since there is no data anywhere that I can find, does this mean that the MB735 is essentially the 705, but a little bit faster?
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Hey ya'll, I'm thinking of building a spincast set up for my 3.5 year old. I got the NFC SJ543 SM and was wondering what your thoughts might be on components. Particularly the reel seat. I know that a typical casting seat will push a spincast reel up off the blank a bit, but I was thinking that when she grows into the SB5100 I also got her (because I didn't know that NFC had sales multiple tim
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I second the instapot, I'd eat a brick cooked in an instapot haha Can others chime in on successful parts removal techniques?
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Sometimes the study of extremes can lead to skewed practical implications. One of these days I'm going to take an old rod and add some thread and epoxy behind each of the guides and measure the difference. @Tom what was the ERN of those blanks? Did you ever actually simply compare the difference between double foot guides and single foot guides on the same blank?
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@Tom did it have the same IP?
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Tom Kirkman Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > El Bolinger Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Thanks for the feedback ya'll! > > > > @Norman - I was referring to the amount of > > straight lines and epoxy that goes over a blank > > with double foots all the way out. Having twice &g
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Derick Jahnke Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Seems gimmicky, there is already no observable > data that puts XRay over their HM > blanks....including price. At 85 plus excise tax > and free shipping, XRay is worth.....but would > rather spring for an Eternity or cheaper > Revelation blank (thr RX8 blanks are nice, but > that finish ad
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Thanks for the feedback ya'll! @Norman - I was referring to the amount of straight lines and epoxy that goes over a blank with double foots all the way out. Having twice as many areas of the blank with movement restricted will affect the rod's bend profile and IP to some degree as it will take a greater amount of force for that area to bend x10 guides is pretty significant. On an already beefy
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Hey Daryl, Thanks for your thoughts. That's kinds what I'm thinking too- couldn't I pretty much just use any guides and they'll hold a fish without popping off. I do agree that all double foot is over the top, that absolutely changes the AA and I believe the IP to some degree - both most certainly noticeable in tandem. Maybe I'll just use the guides I have instead of buying "beefier&
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But the real question is Are you happy with your mystery boxes?
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Hey all, I'm gonna be getting into a swim bait build (NFC Xray neo 808) and a doozie flippin build for like 3/4oz-1.5oz. Does guide size make a difference? Double foot make a difference? Is one guide stronger than another? 5 pounds is a big fish round here, plus about 5 pounds in weeds so they won't be fighting monsters, just hopefully more 5 and 6 pounders. Can anybody speak to the
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Derick Jahnke Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Seems gimmicky, there is already no observable > data that puts XRay over their HM > blanks....including price. At 85 plus excise tax > and free shipping, XRay is worth.....but would > rather spring for an Eternity or cheaper > Revelation blank (thr RX8 blanks are nice, but > that finish ad
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Tom Kirkman Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The photo page can't selectively change its format > for some. If you don't show the upload button on > your page then you either need to refresh the page > or update your browser. > Multiple up to date browsers have garnered the same results at the time when I bothered to try the photo forum- n
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Can anybody specifically compare the X-ray DS721 and the HM DS761 for Ned's and other finesse presentations? Edit to add that it will pretty much always be 10-15# braid to a leader
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@Charlie - I'll tell ya man I'm almost sold, I've seen some of those videos before, and I think somebody with an attention to detail as you seem to have will appreciate your bfs spiral wrap to the max. The biggest thing for me is the upfront investment in something I might not like, needs a rather particular type of reel and rod and there is nobody I know who does anything with bfs for me to
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