Dear Adam, When I got back into rodbuilding 3 years ago, I started with the American Tackle epoxy product. I loved it and still do. Sometimes I have had a problem getting fresh product but I believe I have that problem solved now. I have only used Flex Coat for a few months now while I was finding a suitable sorce for the AT product, and it also does well. The difference to me concerning both
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Friends, How many decal suppliers are currently out there that work with rod builders? What ever happened to the group from, I believe California? I haven't seen any of their free decal promotions for a long while. Do we as rodbuilders have all of our decal eggs in one basket? ??? Just curious. Charles TightLineRods@
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Why not eliminate the whole CP problem all together???? Use NCP thread!! Why was NCP thread even invented? Did someone many, many years ago have problems with CP or did they just want to eliminate a step in the construction? I used to use standard thread and CP many years ago. When I started back building rods just three years ago, I went with the NCP variety because after putting some desig
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I have two folders in my file cabinet that hold paid invoices from rod building component suppliers . . .one is Custom Tackle Supply and the other one is. . . . . .????? I don't remember!! Thanks from me to Bob, Scott and all the other fine people that make Custom Tackle a great place to do business. Charlie
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Dear Friends Yesterday, Saturday, 6.22.06, I was at a Trout Unlimited gathering where a gentlemen inquired of the availability of a six or seven piece, 9'-0" 7 wt fly rod. I knew that several well known "outfitters" supplied a pack rod style of rod but I have not seen such an item listed in any of my normal supplier catalogs. I conveyed that this may be a proprietary item r
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Dear Friends, It's great to hear about Mr. Clemens again. When I returned to rod building three years ago, I inquired on this forum as to the whearabouts of Dale Clemens. A gentlemen named Andy Dear promptly returned an e-mail to me putting me back in touch with Dale at that time. Dale was one of only a few people I dealt with in the "early years" of my rod building (19730 but he wa
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