Hi Ron, From your post I wasn't sure how you were trying to fill the tunnel. I use a flyting bodkin and place a drop of the CP on the bodkin and carefully drop it into the tunnel while holding the rod section a vertical position. If the drop does not get "sucked" into the tunnel, I use the bodkin to poke the drop into the tunnel. This must be done carefully to avoid damaging the
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Hi Ron, From your post I wasn't sure how you were trying to fill the tunnel. I use a flyting bodkin and place a drop of the CP on the bodkin and carefully drop it into the tunnel while holding the rod section a vertical position. If the drop does not get "sucked" into the tunnel, I use the bodkin to poke the drop into the tunnal. This must be done carefully to avoid damaging the
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Hi Jim, Before retiring to the west, I fished the BWCA for pike and smallmouth bass for about ten years. Over that span Iused 9 to 9.5 foot fly rods with weight of 8 and 9. The nine weights handled the large dahlberg Divers and Bucktail Poppers the best. I did encounter widns on some of these lakes and the 9 weights worked better under windy conditions as well. My rods had either moderately
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Good Morning all, I have two clients who want their inscription in metaalic inks (one gold and one in silver. I have tried both the pental metallic ink pens and Speedball Metallic inks applied with a metal quill pen. Even whn covered with three coatings of color preserver (U-40 Color Lock Flex Coat, Classic Rod Coat), I the inks run when I apply Perma Gloss rod coat. In contrast, when I use
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