Do a search on spiral wraps or just look down a few posts.
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Tom Kirkman Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Climate shouldn't matter if you're working inside. > I would assume that homes in Canada will be about > the same temperature indoors as homes in Texas. > Well, if they're heated and cooled, that is. > > ......... Tom I live in the land North of 60 & trying to keep my place warm with o
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Compnay X says to Joe, we want you to help us design a casting rod for Redfish. What would your perfect Redfish rod be? Joe says I would like a one piece seven footer 10 to 20# rod with a fast tip & lots of power in the butt. Company X takes this info & builds a few prototypes and sends them to Joe for evaluation. Joe gives some feedback (this ones too soft, this ones to stiff, this ones
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Terry Turner Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- Finish and go auger some holes when the ice is thick enough. No problem with ice thickness here in the North West Territories.........it's currently a balmy -26 brrrrrrrrrrrrrr
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I don't plan to build a stack of nice new rods using reclaimed handles, but I thought I could use them to build up a few ice fishing rods at minimal expense. I figure practicing on some rods that really don't cost anything (just thread, epoxy & finish) I won't kick myself if they don't look great. After all they are just practice right. So after I got a couple of responses to this thead I
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I figured as much. At least the fugi reel seats should still be usable. So it's not a total loss.
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I'm a total newbie to the rod buiding addiction, in fact I am still in the knowledge gathering stage. Now to my question; I have quite a number of butt sections from broken rods. Most are in excellent to new condition, I would like to know how to remove the cork so that it can be reused. I did a search on removing cork, but the results I received were destructive due to the fact the cork was
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Thanks Terry Nicely Done!!!!
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Darren, It's going to be pretty tough to find a 15 or 20 year old fenwick blank. I think that they stopped producing them in the late 80's or very eary 90's. In fact I don't know if you were able to buy the blanks or if they only came as factory rods.
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