I think a strip from a sheet of the composite cork sheeting with the adhesive on the back from your craft store would help on the bottom of your reel foot. Myself I I borrowed a similar strip of rubber gasket material form stores on the ship many years ago to do the same thing on an early rod build.
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The ID of the guide frame determines guide size, rings depending on what they are built from are various sizes so they can't be relied on as a standard.
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A burl cork insert wouldn't be the lightest possible reel seat option. Burl cork is way more durable than cork when it comes to turning.
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An epoxied carbon skin sleeve is the perfect thing to use to hide marginal cork.
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Yes, some have parts, but you have to buy the whole support, it would be easy enough to make your own, you just need the capture a nut on the bottom of your bottom piece you make.
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After looking at the descriptions of lure ratings of other blanks, I'm not convinced they mean casting lure weight, look at the MB 705-4, the lure rating is different then the rating for the one piece version which is I believe 1/4 to 3/4 oz. Travel rods most be more versatile in their information because you have to run with what you brung, there is no local tackle store, the closest could be 10
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Ryan, I have only handled a few Bushido gear rods, one the 4/10 dropshot, but many more of the discontinued Bushido fly blanks, I wholeheartedly agree that they are blanks that bunch well above their price point, you won't be disappointed.
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John, Billy over on the NERBs site has a fairly extensive bit of eva grip design for a nominal fee.
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The ones I have stop at 0.827 inches OD, but as the OD goes up so does the ID. You can make eva checks with a drill motor quickly and easily.
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Have you tried reaming by hand and see if you get a better result?
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Rod Forge is the owner of TFO fly rods, he brought his production back to the US in a new plant in TX. The gentleman who owned an interest with St. Croix in Rod Geeks sold out to St. Croix and went to Rod Forge, at least that was how it was explained to me some years ago.
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Any 2 part epoxy adhesive will work, takes very little, I butter it on than I can scrape it off to keep the mess and glue line to a minimum, doesn't take much.
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The fella who came up with Thread Master and Cromaseal now has come up with Gen 4 finishes and Vivid color preserver.
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Lengthen one is pretty simple, just put two or more on an arbor to keep them aligned and move the threads till the nut smoothly moves from one piece to the other. Make alignment marks, glue everything up, align the marks, check to ensure you are still good, let dry and use it.
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TBNSK threaded barrel from Rainshadow.
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Since you are overwrapping the fix can't you do it in a close color and then install your guide over it with its color wrap?
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Bought one of those dollar black and white cover subject books with graph sheets in it, many years ago, put all my stuff in it, including an illustration with measurements, has worked fine so far.
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I believe those are just a standard slot garage wall tool plank we have seen for many years now.
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El, So, you are saying if I built a rod out of bamboo, E glass, S glass, early generation carbon fiber, and X Ray material, as long as the IP and AA were identical you wouldn't care which one you used in your application? I was just saying I think there is more to it, and the high end option wouldn't always be my first choice.
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My favorite salmon jigging rod is the Rainshadow XBB962, they quit making that blank because there was so very little difference between it and their more popular XBB964, which would my second choice. Both have nice soft, M Fast tips. Forgot to mention the XBB964 is good to 4 oz., you may get 5 with some jigs. If you are fishing deep with the heavier stuff, say 6 oz. or so I would use another pop
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Not what the system was designed to do, it's for comparison purposes only, would be no better than asking who makes the best inch, or best pound.
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Wouldn't be my choice either one. I lean more to mag bass here. Made jig/trolling rods out of telescoping flipping sticks back in the day when I flew into fish lakers. Jigged Mackinaws in Lake Tahoe with my custom G Loomis MB 843, Lamiglas made a telescoping 7 1/2 ft. rod specifically for jigging spoons, but that was 20 years ago.
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Wouldn't be my choice either one. I lean more to mag bass here. Made jig/trolling rods out of telescoping flipping sticks back in the day when I flew into fish lakers.
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I think either would work, Sage 7 wt. XP ran #1 snakes with zero problems, my 6 wt. GLX has had #1 SF guides since 1990's no problems.
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Titebond II is also waterproof, you may notice that at the store, but III is water cleanup also.
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Looks like the site changed this morning.
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Ok, I give up where? Not on your site.
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Colter, Have you tried putting "shakey" in the search function, "all Dates"? Research is half this game.
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You need to spend more time looking yourself and less time trying to get a review from others. The Elliott 71MXF got my attention immediately, the stiffer tip compared to like powered blanks in the catalog led me to believe it would also carry more weight well, improving the top end jigging power, the larger butt diameter led me to believe it may carry larger loads well, and the weight of the bla
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Further down same page, reel seat parts.
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