oh awesome ben a fellow brisbanian do you know the model of the blank? i like GUSA and have built them before and am currently building up a Pioneer UR70UL for my second breaming/bassing rod. very nice blanks so to stick with them would be great. single foots, hmm still tossing up the idea. id like to get away with light as possible as ill be casting all day so lighter the better.
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Could anyone recomend some good guides to use on this rod? just brands/frames/models is fine, something that wont cost an arm and a leg like Fuji Sic but will still handle 15 and 25lb braid running through it when its connected to a fiesty tuna :) and they have to last the distance. what sort of price are american Tackle Titans, and would the Spin/Cast uides be high enough for what i need?
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Thanks for the replies fellas much appreciated. at the moment im thinking something around 8-17lb would be good but even something say 6-14lb as a friend has recomended over here in aus. what it needs to be able to do is throw weights from say 1/8th (plus a 5 or 7inch plastic) up to maybe 1 ounce the G Loomis recomended above is a good choice for what i think i will need but still not su
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Thanks for the advice mike i have only ever built ultralight rods so i am not familiar with the heavy rod building. i will look into those blanks thanks
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also on a rod like this im guessing single foot guides are out of the question or is it possible and more so is it practical? would it be feasable to use single foots as running guides and a high framed double foot as stripper an transition guides? or could i go as far as using all single foots? as i will be standing and casting for long periods of time weight is a concern
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Thanks for the reply jim, yeah IMO the 4000 should be perfect just have to buy it :S ill look into the blanks you listed thanky you very much
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Hey Fella's i am currently researching my options into a medium heavy spinning setup to use over here in australia for chucking soft plastics for snapper,sweetlip,tuna etc etc water depth would probably be from 10- 40m. prodominatly and on a good day when we can get out of the bay maybe a bit more im looking for something around 8-14lb or maybe up to 10-20lb or similiar. would like it to b
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well a long while ago i posted a question on how to best bore EVA foam, yesterday at school i stumbeled upon the easiest way to do it. Forstner Bits! chuck it in the drill press on highest speed and wholla perfect bore everytime.
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awesoem thanks a heap ted. i just used 27 as a random figure. ill try both and see :) Thanks guys
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my new bream/bass spinning rod :) GUSA Pioneer PUR70UL 2kg 7 foot matched to shimano stradic FI 2500 might have to go get a 25 size and compare
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if it ends up that a 20 works fine is it alright if its like 27 or something inchs from face of the reel?
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well it will be used with PE 0.6 line predominantly and even smaller than that. equivalent to approx 3lb fireline. ill test and see i spose.
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i am building a 7 foot spinning rod at the moment using NGC if the spool diam is 45mm could i get away with a size 20 stripper?
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i guess this is just how this particular build fell. im quite happy with the casting performance of this rod considering its not intended for small bream lures that i was testing with
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just tweaked it a little i changed the 7 TLSG to an 8 dad would have used a 6 but theres none left :P haha 8 will do just fine and i think itll act as somewhat of a nice smooth transition to the 6's Using a SOL 2000 with 4lb platypus superbraid and 8lb linesystems leader. used this setup as a sort of half ground. ie pretty thick leader and reasonable mainline Finally got out on the golf
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not sure about Rayon but i know the Madeira Polyneon is alright to use. Have you checked out the color offerings on that
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wow quick response! i just set it up for test casting it casted a approx 4gram lure about 25-30m leader knots passed through exellently with no clanging against guides. I then placed it in a rod holder and pulled down on the line at varying strengths, all transitions are nice and smooth with no great angles. It looks like i got it right which is nice.
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hey guys this question is actually from my dad but hes not a member. after recieving my back issue on the NGC setup, me and dad went to work setting up his new rod. Its a 7 foot rod mathced to a daiwa SOL 2000. Reel spool diam. is 43mm so x27 puts the choker at 1161mm from reel spool face. that left about 760mm to the tip following the instructions in rodmaker we set his running guides to 1
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could someone point me in teh direction of how to make the spade bit referred to earlier in this thread? I want to try an avoid ordering another back issue as i am broke enough as it is haha
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sweet thanks everyone for your input its greatly appreciated. um stradic...............*whistle* its getting serviced lol
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hmm dremel aye, might have to get one. Thanks mate much appreciated
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haha im fishyman on both. on a side note, i found some cork in the rodmaking box. is their any different techniques for boring out cork. i think a handle involving both cork and eva would be nice.
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hmm sounds like thats the go then. i might try it tonight. yeah i thought about 1cm would be ideal. Thanks Perrie! haha i see your on BM and AusBream aswell
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with the EVA, could i do something liek this? get the KDPS nut, and sharpen the edge of the 'tube' i spose youd call it (the piece you mount yoru grip on) and use that to cut a nice circular slit into the EVA then remove the excess foam somehow and glue into place.
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in my post i did not say where i should cut it back to i said how many of the threads should i leave. so for example if my reel needs 5 of the threads to fit in then should i cut it down to say 8 threads to have 3 past the point that i need to unwind it for my reel to fit in.
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also, with the IPS seats, should i trim exess thread from where i need to unwind the KDPS to fit my reel foot? if so how many threads should i have past the point that i can fit my reel?
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hmm, i would like to try and avoid ordering yet another piece if i can prevent it. drillbits would tear it up i think, reverse spade bit sounds like a possibility. any other ideas?
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Hey Guys Im Finally onto my build after having troubles with getting parts etc etc, ended up ordering everything from Mamoru at Matagi and i am very happy i changed :) The Foam i asked about in a previous thread was exactly what i was looking for. anywho onto the question. I have got some of the EBL foam pieces from matagi and i want to customize them slightly. Firstly, i want to bore o
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id say if you could sill move the longer rod as fast through the air then yes it would cast further but then it becomes the case of how long is to long
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i thought about example one and was gonna try it out soon infact
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