im starting out also ive built 3 rods so far and feel that you would be better off using the cheap homebrew equipment starting out i say this because you dont really know what you want in the equipment until you have built a few rods and get the hang of it and start to see what would make life easier.....you dont want to spend $400 on a wrapper with this this and this and then come to found ou
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fast action is great for hook setting power because the "backbone" starts way up on the rod instead of in the middle or down low....i use fast action rods when snook fishing with lures and it works well
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i will def order from them again....reasonable prices and they charge actual shipping cost and ship very fast
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im in need of a blank and looking for some suggestions on a mid-high end blank with the following specs saltwater baitcasting rod 15-25lb or 15-30 or 12-30 anywhere in that range (preferably 15-25) 7-7'6 fast action and super sensitive and very light weight....price doesnt matter also i have one question do certain guides make a rod more sensitive? if so could you give an example of
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when i used to buy custom rods sometimes i opted for the buttwrap and sometimes i didnt....the money wasnt the problem on the ones i didnt want a butt wrap on i think some rods look excellent without a buttwrap and some rods look good with one...i like the simple look better
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i use flex coat lite sometimes and when i mix it i mix it...get 100000 bubbles in it then blow in it and it releases some and then heat it when its on and it comes out bubbleless and i only mix for about 1-2 minutes (probably because i mix vigorously) im with tom i dont know what you people do for 30-40mins putting on epoxy but when i the flexcoat lite i put it on dont matter if its level or
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i talked to a local tackle shop that builds thier own rods and they told me that the butt wraps usually add about 30-40 dollars on to the rod
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i dont have one but im thinking the guys that are using 200+rpm motors would need it to keep the rod from bouncing around i dont think turning too fast would be a problem when wrapping as long as you can wrap at the speed you are using
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if you cant find that then try U-40 Duragloss LS Supreme...very clear and pretty easy to work with and 1 or 2 coats is pretty thick i just recently started using it and i have nothing bad to say about it
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ahh yeah i use the spatula to apply the epoxy onto the wraps now also and that keeps the bubbles down soooooo much more
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where did you learn how to do the chevron? im getting the guide wraps down but now im stuck on where to go to learn butt wraps
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i got bubbles the first time also but the second time i didnt get any bubbles when you are done mixing are there bubbles in the mix? the second time i did it i mixed slowly with a metal spatula(i find the metal spatula reduces the amount of bubbles when mixing) and didnt get any bubbles in it and when i put it on some bubbles come out from under the thread or something but all came out before
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ahh ok i was getting a little confused when i keep hearing the smallest guide that will do the job i figured 30lb could pass through a really tiny guide but didnt think i was reading it right it seems to me that most of the "off the shelf" rods use guides that are too big unless you have a knot or something to pass through it thanks for the info :)
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i tried that out on a scrap rod and it seems to work fine but wait till someone more exp. to chime in
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yeah im not going to chance it ill just find something else maybe ill use them on a fly rod or freshwater rod with mono
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the smallest guide that will do the job....what is the smallest guide you can or should use with say 30lb mono?
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i noticed that and then i read that REC says its no problem....confusing me hard right now haha im building a snook rod and will be using 40 or 65lb power pro and the recoil guides seemed like a choice as sometimes people like to get stupid where ill be using it and end up breaking guides...guess ill have to find a different guide to use
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anyone use power pro with the recoil guides? do they hold up to the power pro?
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i do mine in my bedroom and dont have a problem ;) but i dont use epoxy often as i only build one rod every few weeks or so
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lol 3 times! man i wish i could be at that rod building expo...im a newbie still also and would love to see how some pros do it
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any idea on what the price of the saltwater reels will be? i dont sell my rods so the reel would be for me but now that i see the price the rod im going to build is going to be very expensive to go with the sweet reel :)
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its a lot easier than it looks! ive been building for about 3 months and when i first thought about making my own rod i thought it was really hard but as i learn im finding everything to be really easy if you would like to practice buy a rod from neals fishing products(sponser on the side bar) you can buy a rod kit which comes with blank, guides, top, reel seat, grips for $25 then you just ne
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there is a search in the photos section of dryer
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flexcoat makes some nice arbors that are cheap in price but very nice and easy to use ive glued a couple of reelseats on and ive never clamped them down i just put the glue on slide the reelseat on and either leave it standing up or let it sit on the wrapper and turn it every couple minutes(im not sure if thats needed but i figure the glue might migrate to one side and i want it on all sides)
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ahh great! that will give me plenty of time to get a sweet fly rod done
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i eye balled mine the other night and the epoxy leveled great and came out very nice...i dont think it has to be exactly level but just close
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do you have any saltwater reels for an 8 or 9 weight? if so whats the price range on them?
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i maintain my high dollar reels like my trinidads but the baitrunners are cheap enough that i dont bother...and even without any maint. they havent given me any problems so i figure if it lasts a year ive gotten my moneys worth on it the couple of trinidads i have i maintain religously though haha and the van staal i have to send in
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forget cali hit the fishing cap of the world florida <3 haha ;)
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ok the epoxy has been on for about 9 hours now....can i wait till it cures to do my over wraps or do i have to do my over wraps and then epoxy them asap before the underwrap cures?
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