When blank color becomes the priority, the customer has to understand that his options become severely limited. He just went from a possible 200 blank possibilities, down to perhaps just 1 or 2. Your only other option is to buy a blank and paint it. Coming from a time when rod blanks were mostly grey or black only, we got our colors from our thread wraps or handle colors. The blank was cho
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It will be a while before they are available. A few of the sponsors here will be carrying them and no doubt will announce when they have some in stock. ...............
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If you're on the main line between New York and New Orleans, the travel is direct with no layovers anywhere. Other than that, it's just like air travel - you may have to change trains or lay over for a few hours. You do the same thing with the airlines if your flight isn't direct to GSO. ..............
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Guys, Please keep the political stuff out of this per the rules about that kind of thing. Thanks. ................
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I lease a lot for the vendors to park their trucks and trailers in. We can accommodate a few motorhomes, just check with me a few weeks prior to the event so we can work it out. There is also a nice campground for motorhomes and trailers at the City's Oak Hollow Park Campground, which is about 3 miles north of the Showplace. .............
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I would also assume that the European Match Rods are about the longest in use. For length and weight, I'd think the Ulua blanks for Hawaiian surf fishing are about the most substantial out there. ............
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GSO - Greensboro/Piedmont Triad International. It's about 7 or 8 miles from the Showplace facility. ............
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Tip Power and Reserve Power - they're from the Universal Rod Rating System and simply offer additional information on specific areas of the rod blank, if you want to get that involved. ............
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It would appear that both Dr. Bill Hanneman and Gary Loomis will be on the seminar team for the 2010 event. I'll confirm this shortly once we nail everyone down. ...........
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You're onto the Carolinian there, not the Crescent, although that will get you here, too. The route is not quite as direct however. I believe that one travels through Raleigh and then up through Richmond. So actually you have at least 2 options as both the Crescent and the Carolinian serve High Point. The train station is across the street from the hotel. ..........
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I got a call from Joy Dunlap yesterday. He informed me of his plans to attend the Expo in February. While we were talking something came up that he didn’t know about and which surprised me, although I guess it shouldn’t. Coming from a railroad family, I tend to know more about train service than the average person, I guess. Joy lives in Birmingham, AL. As it happens, Birmingham is on the
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If you computer is that old and you have an older browser it may simply require that you allocate more of your present memory to your browser. ............
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Not hardly. Plenty more to come. ...........
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JK Fisher closed a decade ago. Winston and Orvis make their own blanks and have done so for about a decade each, at least. Winston had blanks made at G.Loomis for a few years (these were not Loomis models, however). ............
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You have more than "something" - you have the world's largest custom rod building event, period. The 2010 event will be the largest in history. Let's concentrate on that for now and worry about 2011 the next year. ...............
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Something different will be in the works for 2011. ..........
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Bill, Let me throw this at you - the Batson site is memory intensive. If your browser is an older version or you do not have enough memory dedicated to that browser, it could be that it simply does not have the ability to load the full website. This would result in a memory overload and an error message of some sort. ............
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Companies that have purchased booth space as of 7/21/09: Batson Enterprises (Rainshadow/Forecast) Midwest Rod & Reel Seeker Rod Company REC Components Donart The Rod Shop, Inc. Skin Shop USA Scott’s Custom Rods (Fish Sticks/RodDancer) Kinnikinnick Wood (realseatblanks.com) Swampland Rods Angler’s Roost Enterprises RodMaker Magazine BackLash Tools
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It's just this easy to do: Event Article: 2009 ICAST Show - Orlando, FL Kistler Custom Rods Returns to Form with Micro Rods and Custom, Build to Order Rods Date: 07/16/09 Location: Orlando Florida Admission: Buyers & Press Only Manufacturer: Kistler Custom Rods Reviewer: Team TackleTour Introduction: Just a few short years ago, the market space for bass ro
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Lamiglas Seeker United Composites Thomas & Thomas Orvis Winston North Fork Composites Talon St. Croix Steffen Brothers Sage Rogue And probably a few others that escape me at the moment. ..............
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The CCS was already simple (the original "how-to" was only something like 4 paragraphs long). But it contained all the background research which put a lot of people off. So the updated article won't have any of that. You can get through it in just a few minutes. ................
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You can cover it with anything that will easily hold up to your rod holders and not create any problems with getting the rods out of the holders when under pressure. You might want to consult with Mike Pederson at Riley Rods about his foam-core, carbon-skinned grips. He's using these just as you propose to do with the grips on your rods. It's one more option to consider. Beyond that, the
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An over-sleeve will be your absolute best bet, particularly in that upper, very small diameter tip section. You can read all about repairing such a break in the repair article on the online library page here. .............
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Go to the Kistler website and read it for yourself. ...........
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The cents to ERN figure will never be completely linear. Dr. Hanneman will be at North Fork Composites this fall helping them with some things. The URRS could easily be expanded a bit more if needed. It will largely depend on what the manufacturers feel they need. .....................
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The new issue of RodMaker is printing now. Out of the many articles within, there are 4 that I think will be of particular interest to most rod builders. First is the SBSS seat which we provide full instructions on making. This is a creation of JP Timberlake and offers the custom rod builder something that his or her customers can't get in a commercially made rod. At first glance it looks di
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A scrap section of rod blank may be your best bet, although it's not always easy to find in just the right size. If you have a Fastenal company store in your area, they offer a huge selection of tubing in a wide variety of sizes. Aluminum works well but depending on the application it can be a little on the heavy side. .................
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If it were me, I'd go something like #12, #8 and then snakes in all the same size. You don't need all those different sizes - they do nothing for you other than add a little unnecessary weight. However, if you put the guides that you have on the rod, you'll find it will work just fine. Don't expect to gain much of anything, if anything, from the other set. ................
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