yeah i experimented with some cobolt blue and orange guide wraps and i quite like them so maybe NCP black and orange base Cobolt top light purple was my other guess but dont have any light purple thread
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hey guys trying to decide on a color for my tiger wrap im doing at the moment the blank is blue and i want to compliment it but still make a contrast, im a bit out there in my rods very bright etc so something that will make people look. as i said blank is blue and the guide wraps will contain cobolt blue in there somewhere. thanks dont say any greens as green will be on my next ro
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yep you got it right ted pur70ul thanks guys was just an idea i had will do some playing
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how much would 3 medium coats of epoxy on a 12mm diameter blank weigh? doing a tiger wrap in the split part of my rod im building and cant decide wether to install the VSS seat uplocking or downlocking. uplocking (KDPS nut is below main vss grip) balances better but is less comfortable to grip than downlocking which u prefer at this point just for comfort reasons. however, if i go with downlockin
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Thanks everyone will continue playing after i finish fixing another rod
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Thanks Tom
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Thanks for your advice mate Ill give it 24hours for people to post up their opinions and then ill start playing again Thanks Tom
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yeah after i set it out i was like oh i only have 6+1 thats why i am considering adding another running guide. i was able to get it down to the choker only using 2 guides so i think thats where i saved a guide from. but i think i could get away with using 6+1 if you guys asure me that under load the line does not have too much of an angle
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Hey Guys Just set out my 2nd rod using the NGC system and would like your opinions on wether i have done it well or not. The rod is 7' long and the spool diameter is 41mm The guide setups is as follows 20,12,8 TATSG 6,6,6 TLSG 7 Tip I would have used a 6 for the choker, but no matter what i did i couldnt get it to work out just right. So i used the 8sized TATSG which i had spar
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yeah i have tried to source the stuff and couldnt find any of it anywhere over here in aus.
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RLF aye ted love it :P personally have had no experience with any of those blanks, but i cant wait to see the fish you get on it :P
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i had not felt any of the blanks previous to making my decision. but from talking to builders over here i was recomended the pioneer. yes i am under the impression its a lower modulus. i got mine from mudhole.com
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Gday fellow aussie i was in the same situation 2 months ago looking at a new bream rod mainly, but will use it for small squire and bass aswell. i looked at that blank and was recomended to go the way of a pioneer PUR70UL instead glad i did awesome blank
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a new flats rod on the way ted? to match to that new Biomaster your going to order after i tell you how good mine are :P
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Thanks Ted, you have helped me alot in this rod building business :) and thanks to everyone for their input Now off to order
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hahaha yeah well they WILL be my two most used and favourite rods. im currently still using the first ever rod i built, samurai S1000X 1-2kg matched to a stradic 1000FI for most of my fishing. trying to get these two builds done before the boat comes
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Thanks Harry that helps, looks like im going GUSA saves me 30 dollars too Ted, ill let you know when i finish it hahaha. im putting off wrapping teh guides until i get the C2000 biomaster for it. im ordering both reels tonight of f plat so they should be here in a week and a bit. Thanks to everyone for your help :)
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hmm thanks ted ummm most of the fish this blank will see will be mostly around 50cmish with the occasional biggun. 17lb seems a good breaking strain of line to spool up the C3000 with. itd be nice if they came with a spare spool. its just i cant decide what blank i really like the idea of two matching GUSA blanks for my two most used and favourite rods. my breaming small squire and bass
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thanks for the posts fellas. i was leaning towards goign 20lb because i already have a combo that runs 10lb. i have some 17lb here that i might use. but i had thought of 20lb because you can get some rather large fish in the bay 10kg plus which you need to stop before they get you in the reef. there is also a good amount of longtail tuna in teh bay aswell which i think 20lb would help. as lon
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Chris Beverley Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I purchased a GUSA Blank in Australia and the > finish was average. It looks like a bad epoxy > job!! i did too, i ordered from an online shop over here in aus, it was for a pioneer UR70-UL and i recieved and it had chips in the finish of the blank. sent it back and got a new one which was perf
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the GLX is probably a bit to exxy for me at the moment i think its out of the B70M GUSA or the popping Loomis P902-GL3 7'6 MED-LIGHT FAST 6-15lb 1/4-1/2oz or B70M 7' Fast Medium 6-17lb 1/8-5/16
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hmm thanks for that ted yeah i posted on ausfish so ill see what they have to say looks like the SJ is out
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Hi, looking at a few blanks for a build i plan on starting soon. the blank needs to be able to cast 1/8th ounce jigheads a good distance and be in the realm of 6-15lb, will be casting 1/8 and 1/6th the most but sometimes up to say 3/8th or 1/2ounce using it for snapper on plastics over here in australia matched to a shimano biomaster 2008 C3000. running 20lb braid and leaders ranging fr
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Would Batsons VS3 guides hold up and be strong enough? its a 6-15lb blank that will have say 20lb braid run through it.
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also, what size running guides should i use that will pass 50lb leader knots without to much hassle. im thinking 10 as stated above 90% of teh time itll be 20lb leader but some pretty nice structure over here reefs etc so at stages might have to go to 50lb
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hmm seems like my two options are as follows HVSG stripper then YSG then LSG or AMTAK TiTANs NIA single foots then NIF fly running guides want to try and save as much weight as possible. ofcourse using NGC set up
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ofcourse this is all depending if i can get guides to match with frame colors grr lol
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hey well this goes with my 'offshore spinning rod" thread on page 2 pretty much im looking for some advice on guides to use, at the moment i am wanting somethign that will last a long time with 30lb braid screaming over the guides under pressure so probably Sics even though funding is tight. the blank is probably goign to be a GUSA B78M im looking at matching it to a shimano Stradi
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is it the B70M? 7 foot 6-17lb GUSA it sounds right. might go the 7'8'' but for that extra casting distance when the tuna schools are that bit further away
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