I'm looking for a compnay that can do full color custom fishing rod decals (ie. st croix) for a full color logo. Anyone have any suggestions?
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Any word on any fly rod blanks from northfork yet ? Haven't seen or heard a thing......
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My personal option would be to underline a mudhole MHX 6 or 7wt. I have built so far a 5wt and and 8wt. The 5wt had an ERN of around 5.75 and AA of 72 and is the best distance 5wt rod I currently own. Very powerful, but I'm usually only carrying 65 or 75 feet of line. Any more and it seems to shut down a bit with the line im using (I can't remember what line it is, but it is NOT a distance line)
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Wondering what others think. I think in the last couple of years in fly blank development we are finally getting to the point that ONE ROD really CAN do it all. With the advent of softer and softer tips (some may say faster) and the technological advances of mixing different materials down to the butt sections, I have found several rods that can cast as delicately as any slow action rods of the p
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I'm relatively new to the game but I 'll chime in anywho. I have never noticed any difference at all reguarding the spline other than a good selling point for custom builders...;). I would rather have a straighter looking blank/rod than a splining (and a crooked rod) in which I can not feel a difference one way or the other. On top of that most of the bends or turns I see in rod blanks seem to
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Thanks for the replies guys....
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I have noticed that most of the builders and all mass produced fly rods step up to wire snake guides from single foot wire for heavy fresh water and salt. My experence so far tells me that an incredible amount of preasure may be applied to single foot guides before they want to pull out of the finish or even bend (even without locking wraps). Does anybody have any factual evidence that single fo
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I will bet money, that weather they say it or not, in the near future there will be a trend in the mass production market where rods (fly rods at least) will be falling closer and closer into the perameters of what a particular rod weight is or should be as defined by CCS. Just my opinion though. We'll see.
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Looking for the best way to clean cork grips that are slightly dirtied from hand sweat and a bit of grime WITHOUT sanding. Anyone got any secrets?
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Is a silk wrapped and epoxied guide any weaker than any other wrap? Would anyone be opposed to wrapping a 10-12wt salt flyrod with silk? I have never used silk and was just wondering.
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Aaron Evans Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I am not sure why everyone is thinking that i am > trying to hide this. I am trying to find another > tip section (of the 2 piece) or the entire two > piece blank so i can just replace the the tip > section. I have no problem fessing up, I just > want to know if someone has another identical
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Correct me if I'm wrong. I think theres some ethics involved here. If you can't make it exactly how it was you have to tell the customer what happened and then go from there....NO? I would be very upset if I found out my rod had been spliced together after I sent it in for a repair. I don't mean to sound like I'm perfect. But I wouldn't want a spliced blank or a rod that was shorter then when I
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I installed a hand held on /off switch to an extension chord I plug into. Works great for stopping the dryer for short periods of time.
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Ellis Mendiola Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I just got off of the phone with a friend of mine > inquiring about a fly rod. A mutual friend of > ours has a son that wants to start fly fishing and > is shopping for a fly rod. His dad wanted to know > if I would be willing to build him a fly rod. It > so happens that my friend wants an
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MHX 908-4 9'-0" 8wt 4pc ERN= 8.63 AA= 67 The rod was built with Amtack window reel seat w/ fighting but, and gold zirconia single foot fly guide set with #10 and #12 strippers by american tackle as well. A very straight forward simple build. Got anxious and forgot to weigh the blank before I built, but I will say that it was extremely light. It can't possibly be much off of what a
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Where did you find the blank? I can't find any online....
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Has anyone tried either of thes new fly blanks yet? Any opinions?
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I'm very curious about this myself. Has anyone out there build on these blanks yet? Would less graphite be lighter (I'm not saying there is)? Maybe the scrim? Not sure.
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Ive got an inqiry about cutting two musky rods, and converting them to travel rods. I'm very aprehensive about this. Is there a good way to do this without sacraficing the strength of the rods? Is there anyone in the chicago area that has done this before?
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My favorite for green blanks is pacbay ruby red with no cp.
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I resemble that remark !!! LOL. ; ) Quote ....."This is a custom build for my uncle and he wants a fly rod that he can use in his ponds on his property. He's primarily going to use it for bluegill/brim ..." I have plunked around in many a smallmouth river with a 5wt and a pocket full of clouser minnows just fine...... ; )
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Ha Ha....wouldn't quite phrase it that way. But I see what you mean. Me= "with some of the higher end blanks there is sometimes less variance " yada yada yada. LOL....
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Eugene, That's a very good point you make. I believe you are right on the money. I think that might just be a conversation I will have with future potential customers. It makes alot of sense to at least point that out up front.
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For dyf flies I would go with the "Finesse" or the "pro series". The others are a bit stiff.
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I've been buying from Landmark as well. Great people. I think REC makes logo tubes as well.
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Jason Cosby Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I can't speak to the consistency of large > multiples of the same blank, but my results last > week certainly showed a lot of discrepancies: > > yes exactly what I'm talking about. Very interesting.
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As a small basically "NO" inventory builder, this is may force me to carry at least some inventory. I tout a perticular rod for its qualities (website phone sale), sell it on how I describe the action, order it, and and when I recieve it, it tests lower than what I had explained. Now I have two options. Either sent it back and order another (wich takes a long time . More than I or a cus
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Watch this movie trailer,,, At 40 seconds in and again at about 3:20......Floating rods!!!
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After testing quite a few blanks now it has come to my attention that the variance between one or more of the exact same blanks tested with the CCS system can be quite significant. I'm beginning to think it must be almost impossible to get all blanks of a specific manufacturer and size to spec out within a tight enough range as to print the ERN on the blank or model. Could this be a reason why ma
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All very good blanks above!! I'm gonna add one more........I seem to be one of the only ones here that has a love affair with the PacBay Rainforest II blanks. I can cast them a mile, they load nicely, and have as fast or a faster tip than the others. Just my .02 cents though. I don't think they get due respect.
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