I would just like to know how some do it over other's,I personally like to use a bolt cut down until it is at it's lightest point but still balances the rod and I only balance my bass rods. I always hear people talking about using led shot in the butt of there rod to balance it out but how do you stop all those led shots from shifting down to the front of the rod.
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What technique do you use to anchor weight to your rod like do you use glue or a kit or some other way. ??????????????
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Put one your first coat of epoxy and top that coat off with some heat like it shows on YouTube and let the excess epoxy drip off and this should also help with any bubbles in the epoxy. After letting it turn and dry you can put on a second coat if needed but if all is covered and looks good I would not worry to much about doing any more to it.
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have any of you used any of the new textured reel seats and had any trouble with them at all.
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I have always setup my guide setups in the following order 12.10.8.8.8.8. Tip Top 8 because the next size always seams to be a size 7 and the only Tip Tops that I can find to follow would be a ring size 6 and that just seams a bit to small to me. I would be very interested to hear from all of you just how you setup your guide sets on you casting rods. Please give a Example for a 6.6 or ev
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looking for a good 6.6 Ulta lite blank for trout and I see that MHX makes one but has anybody ever had any problems with these MHX fresh water ultra lite blanks.
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looking to build a 6.0 casting Rod for a light lure presentation as in a softer lure landing on the water so what do you guys think should I go with a slow med/fast or fast action tip. 6.0 Med power Rod Lure's to be used 1/4oz Rattle Traps or lower To 3/8 to 1/4 to 1/2 oz Spinner baits for bass With 14 LB mono 20 LB mono to 30 LB braid line. Will be using 20LB mono for most part Guys wh
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sounds like you know your stuff Phil nice to here from a guy that has been building rods for ever and from how you say it there is not much of a need to even try it. thanks Phil
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Has anybody ever used the thread master One epoxy finish and is it a lite build or heavy build type of finish and is it ment to be used as a Rod cement or a Thread finish! apply and go or mix and finish type of epoxy.
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Fast or slow speed what do you like best as for slow anything from 2 rpm to 8 rpm and average being 16 rpm to 36 rpm and fast in the 72 rpm to 200 rpm speed.
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I have not used Fex Coat in years but If I remember right it did tend to turn yellow after time and also would crack but I have never had a problem with ProCote of TM.
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There is nothing that you did wrong but I have used metallic on a few of my larger bait casting rods and I have found that colors like Gold metallic tends to fade after a bit of use in the sun but a few times is like 10 or more trips out in the sun. The next time that you use metallic thread on your wraps you my want to put a few coats of CP on the Metallic thread even if some people will say it
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Has any built a bobber rod for side drift out of a boat, this guy wants a Bobber rod for drifting for Salmon / Steelhead and it should be a Med - Fast action blank and it will be a casting rod and he will be fishing on the Willamette River in Oregon if that helps! so what do you guys think would work best.
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When doing a decretive closed wrap does it really matter if one has a thread cross over in the wrap and will it show up when finished with epoxy.
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Will Aluminum Oxide guides still work for braided line as I know that they are a lower grade of guide but will they still work lower grade or not.
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Thanks Michal but are we talking about E-Glass or Graphite
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This guy wants a 6.6 MHX rod for fishing 40 ft or water for trout,so my problem is that MH is to heavy for trout and a Med rod is kind of in the middle and a Lite power rod is to lite for fishing that deep. I did find one MHX blank in the Med/lite power but it is a spin jig rod blank and this will be a casting rod so will a spin jig blank work just the same as it needs to have a bit of power also
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MIX Mag taper or standard Fresh Water Blanks and also this rod will be for Tout fishing in 30 to 50 feet of water so this one is a bit tricky and he would be using anywhere from 1/2oz to 1oz of weight so would the MHX Mag taper or standard Fresh Water Blank be better and also the action (MH or Med) as this is for deeper water and for Trout from a boat. ?????????????
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I made a box for this same problem as would alway get 1 thread get twisted into the others,so I took a small box and drilled 4 hole in the bottom to mount post for the thread spools to go onto and then I drilled 4 hole in the front of the box. The next thing that I did was install 4 metal snaps like the one's that one would use in leather making to plug the holes on a belt strap and the thread wo
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Can you use Perma Gloss over a rod sticker without the heat reaction melting it
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The next time you put finish on your guides you can always use what I call the drop Method which one simply puts 1 or two drops of finish on top and 1 more on the bottom of the wrap letting the dryer turn and do all the work for you and if needed you can put 1 drops of finish on both sides of the guide wrap. I have been doing it this way for years and I always get a perfect finished look on my ro
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Never had a problem with Hot Melt Tip Top glue or 5 min epoxy but I have seen lots of people come in for a tiptop repair and told me that they used hot melt craft glue to fix it them self and I told them that is the reason that it came off in the first place as craft glue will melt in Hi Heat.
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Just looking for suggestons on what lenthor or size rear handle would one use on a 6ft MHX casting rod as I am sort of torn bettween a 10 or 12 inch rear handle and I need to also say say that it will have a 2 inch fore grip on it and that it will be a straight handle.
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John Samuels Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- What I was asking was not is Rayon can be used for rod wrapping as we all know that it can't because of the silicon coating on it but if one can use the Rayon thread that has the metallic tinsel over the Rayon thread as I would think that the tinsel would eliminate the problem with the silicon coating all together.
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Does anybody know what time the doors open on Saturday at the Lamiglas show or what I should say is what time in the morning does it open.
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Does anyone know the open time of the Rod Builders show at Lamiglas for Saturday like when the doors open in the morning. Opp's wrong post wrong place
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You sure can I have always done this and I also sand down all my Butt wraps using a High speed wrapper and anything from 120 grit to 180 grit sand paper to smooth out all the rough finish. After this is done just clean it up and put a new coat of finish over it for the final product just make sure that you have 2 to 3 hard dried coats of finish on the Butt Wrap first and that will work with any f
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If one where to wrap with Rayon thread there is most often a problem with fish eye's do to the coating over the Rayon thread that rod wrapping epoxy does not normally like. My question is if one were to use a Metallic Rayon thread would you still run into the same problem's with fisheye and bonding since the Rayon thread has a metallic tinsel around it and there for removing the Rayon all togethe
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I think that the comb idea is a bad idea especially if using Gudebrod thread as a comb will tend to tier the metallic off of the thread.
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In over 20 yrs of building and buying thread that is a new one on me as I have never even seen any before! So good luck in your search.
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