Justin: Thanks for the suggestion. the site contains a bunch of excellent, clearly stated information. A lot of it carries over to rods for anglers after any species of fish over 20 pounds, not just catfish.
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Mud Hole MHXCK5 is deservedly popular.
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Casting or trolling?
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Spinning reels are great for casting but how are they better than revolving spool reels for jigging or fighting fish?
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Spinning reels are great for casting but how are they better than revolving spool reels for jigging or fighting fish?
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Museums sometimes are forced to sell their assets. Keep an eye open for a museum selling a stuffed Dodo bird. You could use the bird's bill for an inlay and sell its feathers to exclusive fly tyers.
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Monofilament lines stretch 10% and more. Braided gel-spun lines stretch in the 1% range. If you are using mono now switch to gel-spun and increase "sensitivity" by a factor of ten. You won't notice the extra weight the glue adds.
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Had a square steel True-Temper casing rod. Threw it in the trash. I can not imagine why anyone would want such a thing?
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Noodle rods are "steelhead rods" also, are available in 9 and 10 foot lengths, and are most certainly "slow action"! If the angler does not have to cast farther than 40 feet a noodle rod blank might be just the ticket.
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I suspect the advantage of a full-length versus a split grip depends a whole lot on personal opinion and very little upon verifiable results. I also suspect in the near future the grips on working rods will be synthetic and cork grips, like bamboo, will be confined to wall-hanging decoration rods.
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I suspect the advantage of a full-length versus a split grip depends a whole lot on personal opinion and very little upon verifiable results. I also suspect in the near future the grips on working rods will be synthetic and cork grips, like bamboo, will be confined to wall-hanging decoration rods.
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I built a 8 1/2 foot hot-shot steelhead blank into a fly rod. It made a powerful and extremely fast fly rod - too fast for inexperienced fly casters.
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How you like them depends upon what you want them to do: create nostalgia, resist breakage, fight big fish, cast 30, 60, or 90 feet, reduce fatigue from casting, provide a slow action for less critical timing of the cast or setting the hook, be less susceptible to breakage, etc. There is always a lot of compromise involved when you select a blank, depending upon your priorities.
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Out of curiosity, how does the fact that this rod will be used from a kayak require a 7'10" blank"?
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I have found in a pinch a spinning rod can make a remarkably effective fly rod, but a fly rod always seems to make a lousy spinning rod. The difference is definitely NOT in the blanks but in the grips and the guide trains. The jack of all trades is the master of none, but for a dual purpose fly-spin rod I would just build a spin rod.
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Doors and ceiling fans guarantee that new one-piece fly rods will be in high demand by their admirers.
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Earlier this month a fisherman in New York State's 70-acre Lake Como hooked and landed a 51" tiger muskie on #4 test line. I don't know what kind of rod he was using.
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Some tenkara fly rods have vey stiff actions at a reasonable price.
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I suspect a half-hour instruction session with a competent instructor will benefit the rod's user much more than any conceivable fly rod guide train arrangement.
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REC recoil guides are light, flexible, and nearly indestructible. The flexibility of Recoil snake guides allows the blank to flex more freely than more rigid guides. Increased flexibility is seen as a major benefit by fly casters. In my experience the only "noisy" Recoil guides are the stripper guides, which are located where rod flexibility is not so much of an issue. I have built man
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Buzz: I have a friend who works in a body shop. I built him a rod . . .
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Before you invest in paint or spray painting equipment you might check with a local auto body shop to see how much they would charge for painting a blank or blanks. They have a wide range of colors, auto body paint is top quality stuff, and these shops provide fast work and beautiful results.
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Robert: My apologies.I meant my post a a statement of facts. I did not mean to offend anyone.
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One size (or type) does not fit all. Different fishing conditions call for different equipment, and there's STILL no accounting for taste.
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The word "power" applied to a fly rod is misleading. The rod provides a very small amount of power. Try a "bow-and-arrow" cast with a fly rod and a fly line and bend the rod as far as you dare. The dinky cast reveals the maximum amount of power the rod provides. In fact the rod transmits energy developed by the swing of the rod and the haul of the line. When a "soft"
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Russ: I find a 9' "steelhead blank" ideal for use as a light surf-casting spinning rod along the coast of central Florida. Seems to me much of the time "species specific" blanks, "technique-specific" blanks, and "lure-specific" blanks are defined by marketers, not fishermen.
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It's funny. When people are catching fish like crazy the type of rod they are using seldom enters their mind as long as it doesn't break. When people aren't catching fish or can't go fishing they obsess about barely or in - tangible details about their rods.
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The "name" you give to a finished rod (fly, spinning, jig-and-pig, etc.) is less important than its measurable qualities. I would guess the vast majority of anglers can't explain the measurable difference between a fast-action blank, a heavy power blank, and a square-lip crank blank. Marketers have done their job. Several years ago I built an 8 1/2 foot Rainshadow Hot-Shot blank into a
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The "name" you give to a finished rod (fly, spinning, jig-and-pig, etc.) is less important than its measurable qualities. I would guess the vast majority of anglers can't explain the measurable difference between a fast-action blank, a heavy power blank, and a square-lip crank blank. Marketers have done their job. Several years ago I built an 8 1/2 foot Rainshadow Hot-Shot blank into a
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The "name" you give to a finished rod (fly, spinning, jig-and-pig, etc.) is less important than its measurable qualities. I would guess the vast majority of anglers can't explain the measurable difference between a fast-action blank, a heavy power blank, and a square-lip crank blank. Marketers have done their job. Several years ago I built an 8 1/2 foot Rainshadow Hot-Shot blank into a
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