It's always a good idea to have a couple of extra running guides on hand when you do the static distribution testing. I'm not familiar w/ that Daiwa...if it's comparable in size to a Shimano 4000, I'd say a #25 stripper is plenty, if guide height is good. You ought to also run the #'s using the Fuji KR system.
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OK, then this should give you give you a basic idea
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Maybe use this as a start...
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Roger, the reason that I asked for a link is here's the specs for that blank on Batson's website:
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I haven't seen any Batson steelhead blanks rated for 3/4 - 3oz. Do you have a link?
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See Richard Sprouls' post here:
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Here's a birch set that I did, w/ 1 coat of TruOil rubbed in. Almost a matte finish.
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Gerald, I've got a 1oz spool(#524) of the Gudeb 066 "A" reg nylon that I could part with.
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I've gotten a couple of sheets of custom bubble decals made from a lady on etsy. Unhide your email addy. and I'll provide the link
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Amen, brother!
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I like these rubber butt plugs in the 3/8th. Pretty sure that the first grips I bought from Riley Rods had these.
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Tough business to be successful at, not to discourage you! I wonder what ever happened to Shikari's equipment, even after Advanced Tubular Composites bought them out, and later folded?
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I like to use the Fuji folding hook keeps, and always put em on the bottom, an inch or 2 in front of the seat or foregrip, casting or spinning.
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I haven't used the "B" Prowrap yet. I got a small spool of it in my last order, but it wasn't the shade# I ordered. It does appear to be similar in size to the Gudebrod 'B". I especially like "B" for the wrap thread in weaves, tho I've wrapped guides w/ it, too. I'm glad they added it to their thread selection!
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If your gonna turn the cork on the blank, just use the epoxy glue and clamp it good after glue up. The glue lines will be minimal if clamped. I do use the polyurethane on some things that are hard to bond to, but it's messy.
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I'll add to what Ellis said. Grizzly used to have their own 1/2" corded drill that was a real workhorse, and fit the collar perfectly. They discontinued it several yrs ago, and I picked up a second one when they were closing them out. Been using the second one for 3 or 4 yrs. I did buy the Dewalt 1/2" that they show, as backup. It doesn't fit the collar as well, and required some grindi
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Does anyone have a good link to where I might see the Boomerang Retr. Device demo'd? Wasn't able to make the show this year.
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Here's what Jim Ising said last month about how he personally does it... I don't use the Forhan on the KTAGs, but do 5 blocking wraps in front of the guides, taking advantage of the "wicking window" (Fuji's term) to better encase the guides with finish. Haven't done any pullout tests, tho.
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I wear expensive scopes for my day job, but prefer the inexpensive headstrap magnifyers for rodbuilding...HF used to have #95890...they offer a much larger field of view than the optivisors, etc., and come w/ several lenses. Maybe $15, but you'll have to search the sites to find them now.
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Mudhole brought alot of the Merrick stuff to last years EXPO.
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Consider the KR concept...rapid choke
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I don't see ya using more than 6 runners, but it always pays to have extras to play w/ the static setup.
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Jeff, unhide your email addy and you'll get more responses.
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If I'm doing alot of threadwork in the split between rear grips, I do the threadwork and 1 coat of finish first. Then install the butt piece from the butt., the other from the tip. I use a section of a 3pc blank shoved into the working blank to support it and give room for the left loom off the working blank.
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I don't get the $230 shipping each way. Built a couple of Calstar GF700L a few yrs ago and took to CRica for the same targets, as checked baggage in a rodtube.. Got some grief from the CRican in country airline, but in the end, no problemo, and no upcharge..
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I don't think it matters, the length of the rod. Some of us on the gulf coast have been using the following w/ nice results, w/ a 2500/3000 Shimano: 16H at 17-18" from the reel lip extended out, 5.5H at ~25 1/2", and a KB4 at ~32 1/2". Runners are are determined w/ static testing. You've got the guides, just tape em up and do some test casting.
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No worky for me. Could log in, but no option to log out...Just some thumbnail pics along the far right side
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You could always make your own on the metallic gold media by papilio. This was covered in a past issue of Rodmaker..."electric decals".
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Keith, have you looked at these on Angler's Workshop? Haven't seen these on Mudhole's site
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May be a missprint on the AllStar site...titanium frame w/ hard zirconia inserts sounds more like it if they're PacBay's. Alot of the Academys down here will/or used to exchange the rod, since AllStar is sold exclusively through them. Maybe post a closeup pic of the guides
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