The Common Cents "Big Picture" will do what you ask. ..................
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The power in a rod blank is mostly in the outer diameter. By sanding the outside walls you may easily compromise the structure of the rod blank. I'm not surprised that its power was reduced. The question now is - will it hold up for what you want it to do? ............
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You can find the stiffest axis by hand just as easily. It's not likely to be 180 degrees opposite the spine, but who knows... maybe you got lucky. ..............
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You may be dealing with a previous heat issue. ..........
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Spencer Phipps Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Straightest axis and stiffest axis go hand in hand > many times. Yes, they go hand in hand almost always. But the softest and stiffest axis are rarely 180 degrees apart. The spine and the straightest/stiffest axis are usually anywhere from about 110 to 170 degrees apart. .........
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I don't know what "Tiger" thread is. I doubt it can mimic the moire effect of an actual two-layer Tiger Wrap. Is your thread more of the varigated type thread that was sold many years ago? By all means, CP will keep whatever colors you have brighter and more vibrant. Otherwise the thread will indeed turn translucent. ..............
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Take a close look at the blotches. I've seen these before but it's been years ago. I seem to recall that I was able to remove them fairly well with a good cleaning. Really depends on what they are - old mold or mildew spots, water spots, etc. If they are deep into the blank finish you could be dealing with heat spots or something that isn't going to respond to a general cleaning. .............
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Guides are way overbuilt for the job they have to do. They'd be plenty strong. Rich Forhan covered this in his podcast with Bill Falconer a couple weeks back. Even a heavy bass, heavily loaded, only puts about a pound of load on any of the mid to lower section guides. Much, much less on the guides on the upper half of the rod. ............
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I've collected Heddon rods for many years. The #10 was a big seller but was one of their lower end models. However, Heddon used very good cane on all their rods and other than the smaller number of guides and less expensive reel seat, the #10 is a decent rod. One thing you have to be careful of with the older cane rods is the glue used to bind the segments. If you see any delamination along i
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Sounds like a lot of trouble to me. One of the things that makes the Forhan Wrap so good is that it really doesn't add more than a couple of seconds to the regular guide wrap. You can do them on the small guides but there isn't much room and thread ends up high on the leg. The old L style, or what they call fly rod single foots are easier to make these wraps with and they're just as strong if
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At 50F you won't have any issues with application. It cures by exposure to moisture/humidity. Not really very temperature sensitive in the way that an epoxy is. ...........
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If you're talking about a "Y" shaped single foot where you have two uprights directly off of one foot, you can't really wrap around each leg or upright individually. And as David mentioned the rise on the small ones is steep and wide so any type wrap-around security wrap wants to slip down on itself. This really rears its head on the smaller sizes which you'd be apt to use on the mid an
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I've never liked putting metal framed guides on a rod blank. Have been hoping for either a nylon composite or carbon framed guide. It has to happen at some point. .........
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Generally if a bottle of whatever says "do not shake" it has to do with aerating the contents. In these cases stirring is the better case. Shaking can put bubbles in it. ............
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I haven't found the "lever arm argument" to be theoretical. Hopefully Alex can get the fish fighting simulator programmed for lure retrieval and then use different length rods to show the difference in sensitivity. ................
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Pawel Tymendorf Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Tom Kirkman Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > And fishing lures don't just > > start vibrating like the speaker in the test > did. > > They resist your effort to retrieve them and it > is > > this resistance, often felt as a cadence &
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Pawel Tymendorf Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > David, Tom > > - thank you for clarification. Does it mean that > you consider 'the length' itself the major factor > of 'sensivity' ? > > In other words: do you think that if rods in > Aleks' test were actually held in hand rather than > laying on a table then the longer rod (
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They're using epoxy, or in many cases, they simply screen print the information directly on the rod blank. ........
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Pawel Tymendorf Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Les Cline Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > > On another post, Aleks M. compared a 9-foot > high > > modulus fly rod (HM) to a 7-foot intermediate > > modulus (IM) spinning/casting rod. He concluded > > through his tests that the
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I always used a sacrificial thread taped lengthwise and put my marks on that. After the first few crosswrap passes, I snipped the ends of the sacrificial thread and pulled it out from under the actual cross wrap threads. 3 or 4 passes is usually enough to firmly establish your centers. After that the sacrificial thread isn't really needed. Just pull it out slowly so you don't upset your wrap to t
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I used to sell them in my fly shop. They're very good reels. There are lots of very good reels out there and some just as good for a lot less money. But, I doubt you'll be disappointed in the Abels and parts should still be available if you ever need them. .............
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Yeah, it'll hold up forever. But... PermaGloss is likely to eat up most labels if you don't apply CP first. And PermaGloss isn't going to give you that super smooth epoxy look. You can apply epoxy quite thinly. Use a stiffer brush and put on less. Otherwise I'd look at a clear spray coating. .........
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I like flat brushes but so many of the ones you pick up cheap have a bad habit of shedding bristles. I have no doubt the FC models won't do that. Glad you guys are offering these. ............
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You don't yet know if you will like the rod with weight added to the butt. Tape some on until you get the balance you think you want. Go fish with it for day. Then take the weights off and go fish with it for another day. At that point you'll know which you prefer. If you like it weighted for balance, install the weights permanently. If not, just take them off. ................
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I've already sent Robert a replacement. Maybe one of these can escape rough handling by the USPS. ...........
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If all the variables are so heavily weighted in favor of the higher TNF rod as being more sensitive, and it still comes up short, how would moving those variables closer together change the outcome? I would think the difference in outcome would simply be larger. But I agree that it's easy enough to make the test you're suggesting. .............
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You're certainly free to question me, but in return surely I'm free to respond. And on this point, I was responding to the OP and telling him to try the balance thing for himself. More guys need to trust themselves and just try things and see how they work. One thing Rich has always said is that guys should try things. I you like it, use it. If you don't, discard it. I agree with that viewpoint.
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I suspect that the reason Alex choose two blanks with such different characteristics in terms of modulus and rod speed (frequency) was to leave no doubt that a rod with a higher frequency is not necessarily more "sensitive" than a rod with a lower frequency. While he did not provide any frequency measurement numbers, the visual oscillation he provided with each blank seem to indicate a
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I think the point in using such dis-similar blanks was to prove beyond a doubt that a higher frequency does not necessarily equate to greater sensitivity. While Alex did not provide TNF numbers, the visual oscillations of the two blanks were so markedly different that it should be apparent that the blank that with this test proved to be the most "sensitive" almost certainly has a lower
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The only way you'd ever have a rod that is severely tip heavy is to have a VERY long rod. The amount of weight required to balance that sort of thing would be VERY significant. So much so, that you'd likely not care for the overall weight of the rod in that instance. This is why surf rod anglers rarely bother trying to balance their long (9' plus) rods. The amount of weight needed to do it just i
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