Very soon now I'll be receiving my 11 foot 5 weight CTS Affinity blank. I want to use the Titan guides from AMTAK and would like to know of your experiences with them - are they as good as the Fuji's ? If you have found one of the sponsors to have a better price on these guides than others please let me know too. Thanks Peter
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Can anyone guide me to someone who will be able to supply impregnated quad bamboo blanks that are not too expensive ? And maybe even someone who makes spliced blanks as well ? Thanks Peter
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Hi Brian, I'm wrapping a Lamiglas fiberglass fly rod right now using Pearsalls Gossamer - I chose white to get a clear wrap - it works great. Next up is a 11 foot 5 weight graphite blank from CTS - I'll be wrapping that one with silk also but the Gossamer is VERY thin so I'll be using Naples instead. I dont think silk is better or worse - just different which is why "we" build our own
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Hi Terry, I usually apply about 6 coats of the marine varnish when I'm using nylon - but I dont think I'll need more than about 4 coats on the silk thread due to the small diameter of the silk thread.
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Hi, I'm working on this Lamiglas fiberglass rod and decided to use white silk thread for the rod hoping for clear wraps - so I did it - wrapped the ferrules to test it - warmed up some thinned marine varnish in a jar in some boiling water - applied it to the wraps and KAZAMMM - they dissapeared/melted/vanished - all that is left is a glass like band where the wraps were and I noticed I was smili
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If you cant get them from any of the sponsors here you can try Cabelas - I think I saw them on their website. If I'm out of line recommending a non-sponsor please let me know. Peter
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Thanks for your advice - I will not use 5 min epoxy - its not as flexible as the slower epoxy I think - so I'll stick with what I know works and just make it right the first time ;-)
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Hi, I've been using a slow cure (24 hours) two part epoxy for all my rods up til now. I tried to rebuild a rod I had build using this epoxy - Araldit its called - and I wanted to take of the reel seat - I heated it - boiled it - pulled twisted - you name it - the epoxy wouldnt loosen. I ended up cutting the blank to save the reelseat. I then tried - just to experiment - to torch the epoxy that
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Hi Bob, I'm in contact wih CTS and their danish distributor Ussingbech - can you tell me the difference between the fast and the extra fast Affinity ? thanks Peter
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I've been looking for an 11' 5 weight blank but it seems to be very difficult. I only found one - a Gatti. Does any of you know of such a blank ? It must be 3-pieces or more. 10'6" is also fine but not shorter than that and it must be a 5 weight. Thanks Peter
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Hi Carrington, not that I prefer a full wells grip on a small rod but the Lamiglas fiberglass 4 weight that I'm building right now is inspired by the cane rod made for Scott by Mr. Mario Wojnicki - take a look for some inspiration: I've made mine with a kind of modified Ritz grip - I'll try to post some pictures if I ever get it finished. Peter
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Hi Hans, if you have never wrapped a rod before I'd stick with regular nylon like Gudebrod or similar. I havnt wrapped many rods but using nylon is close to a free ride. Silk on the other hand is a different beast. I'm currently wrapping my first rod with silk using Pearsalls Gossamer black and white hoping for a translucent look once finished. Silk - this one anyway - is much finer/thinner tha
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If you have a rod tip which is in between sizes you can sometimes use the one which is too small and increase the inner diameter using sandpaper taped onto a small drill bit - just remember that you want to do it in stages since the tip top will get hot and may ruin the finish due to the heat. I just did this to a Snake Brand 5.5 tip top that was too small for a Lamiglas fiberglass rod and Snake
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