i have used these from swampland: if you wish all black he will substitute eva for the cork.
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i am making a redfish spinning rod for a guy using a penn silverado 4000 reel. does anyone have one they can measure the spool diameter on for me?
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lance, i like the looks of those. i believe those will work well. thanks!
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where can i find some of the plugs to finish off a reel seat . just wanting an alternative to winding checks and epoxy ramps. i have seen some somewhere but cannot find them again. sponsors preferred.
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sure do. i believe they were in sloatsburg, new york. they shut down around 1998/99, they put out a small catalog with saltwater tackle and rod building components. seems like i got a catalog just recently from someone in ny that made me think of them. catalog was same style as the old midland- like newspaper.
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i have used several helps for wrapping guides and need them all! tie wraps, rubber bands, twist ties,sliced latex tubing,etc. one thing i have used that has helped has been sliced pieces of ear plug materials. it will create tension, moves fairly easy for adjustment, and slices/tears off readily. just one more way.
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yes, he did. i happened to ask , by sheer coincidence, at a booth where he was standing about 7 feet away! enjoyed talking with him. the guys has been around a loooong time. i got my first book of his in the mid 70's. have one here somewhere.
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i am very happy to be 96 miles, 1 hour and 39 minutes away from high point! i have been twice to the expo and have came away both times feeling delighted. i am ,how shall i put this, TIGHT with a dollar(i am even TIGHT with a penny!) but my mindset at the expo's is that i go in with an attitude that i AM going to spend the bucks here today, right now, for what i want. it is a bad economics to not
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looks fine to me. no problems to me at all.
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have you ever heard of rube goldberg? this is how i did it with his help.i took a small plastic water bottle. i cut a hole in the bottom, split the top with four cuts about an inch long. used a piece of keystock about 2" long putting it into one end of an 1/4"extension. put a socket on the other end that matched the head of the bolt i attached to the hole of the plastic bottle with wa
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happy and thankful to know you are both alive and improving! best wishes to you and yours. remembering you all in prayer for complete recovery.
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for a start, you needn't try tp go with any nylon thread. it is passe'. irish linen is the accepted thread and really it is the only preferred wrap material as far as thread goes. leather is a step up. we pool players are pretty much (how can i not use the word anal) particular about our cues. i have used a nylon "d" thread years ago for a pool room owner, he just wanted a cheap wrap t
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tried to email you, it didn't work. shoot me an email about the reel.
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i have used rubber bands, masking tape, surgical tubing, slices of foam ear plugs, and even bread wrapper ties. i always do file or grind the ends of guides to allow the thread to climb onto the foot easier.
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i had some soft foam earplugs(HOWARD LEIGHT brand). i cut a slab from one with scissors poked a SMALL hole in it and ran it down the blank. it has worked well so far- haven't gotten down to the tip of the rod yet for the smaller guides. the foam will give and move but keeps the guide roughly where i want it to be.
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what a great deal! i love it! wish i had some instructions for it but it is all good! i like the foot pedal/speed control. i did find i really needed to slow WAY down when the thread is starting up the guide foot. I sure like this thing!
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in maybe an hour i will be able to give my thoughts and impressions of my first ever experience with any power wrapper-a batson's unit. IF ALL GOES WELL(disclaimer)!!!!!
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you all got the first $150 i spent! jerky was great! haven't tried the sauce yet. still in shock yet a bit at all of the expo's offerings. glad you showed up.
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let me add my thanks to EVERYONE who came to show, sell, and seminar-(is this a verb, adverb, action word, hmmm- my sis is a retired english teacher- i'll find out)- us their goods and services! this was my second ICRBE and it was so much worth it to me. next year: bigger stack of twenties. i came away with sixteen blanks, thread, permagloss, reelseats and grips galore, $25 of microguides that ha
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check out texasbasstackle and do a search for the word paragon. trust me if you search for power tackle you will have 11 pages to go through. with paragon you get one hit. the 105 is listed. looks like an interesting series of rods. hope this helps, woody
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i am not trying to start any squabbles or bickering or open any old wounds but if i was in the area with a bit of time i would run to lexington for lexington barbeque! it is renowned and i regret i could not park my truck anywhere close to it.
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glad to see you have made it back. hope you all are doing much better. i will be contacting you about the guides i emailed you earlier about.
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hey tom did you ever find the st croix 3FT864 blank? i saw them on closeout for about 31 bucks. pm or email for me for particulars. your email address is hidden. i am not sure if they are the black ones.
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check out 39dollarglassesdotcom i have been getting their glasses subsequent to walmart eye exams for years. i'm on my 3rd or 4th pair from them. i paid less than $200 for the metal frames i like with the SEIKO 1.67 super high index lenses(dark tint). $113 for lenses/frame and about 80 for eye exam at walmart Seiko® 1.67 lenses are our lens of choice for those with very high prescriptions
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my wrapper has arrived in town this am in time for me to have it for a great CHRISTMAS PRESENT! THANKS to the fast working people in the shipping department!
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in the late 70's and 80's coren's rod and reel service in chicago had them listed in their fliers. pretty light wire guides, supposedly lightest available at that time. you could start there. i thought i was the only person alive that remembered that archaic bit of info! never did get to try any of them. good luck with your search.
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just ordered one! looks like a good deal to me(who has never had a power wrapper-other than my two hands for thirty some years of wrapping). thanks much in advance, woody
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there is a SOMEWHAT brighter(maybe a stretch) side to this. you now have a nice rodbuilding shirt!
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my norton antivirus shows:"a recent attemptto attack your computer was blocked" as well this was shown "Connection Interrupted The connection to the server was reset while the page was loading. The network link was interrupted while negotiating a connection. Please try again."
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dave at Anglers Workshop just emailed me:"Yes, still available. Note that they are not marked or rated, but we can pick out "Light" or "Medium", or "Heavy" depending on what you want to do. Thank you,Dave LyonsAnglers Workshop". i believe they were around $21 for three and $42 for 6(that pricing was in the 2006 catalog). hope this helps. i could not find
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