Any disadvantage in using a wood insert vs. an alunimum reel seat on larger fly rods say from 9ft 6 weights on up ?
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I have recently purchased a factory built Sage SP from a dealer here in Australia, I have discovered that the spine on the tip section is a 90 degrees to the butt section, on raising this with the dealer he assures that it dose not matter in carbon fibre blanks because they have no spine. Would appreciate any assistance from you guys, thanking you
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Well, we´ve been asking about the spine location on these fine blanks and someone mentioned the white dots. As they said they are not the spine, I lately started to find it in the last models i had built ( from #4 to #9). Where do you casters and builders prefer the guides placed? The Weak side or the Opposite side? What would be the advantages in each case? Thanks!
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it would be interesting to here of all the possible effects that can take place when the eyes are not lined up with the spine. example: I recieved a replacement redington 9' #5 RS2 (I sent them a broken origional Red Start 5/6 weight (different rod)) and upon inspection found that while looking down the top half of the blank under load, the eyes seem to be in the 5 o'clock position
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I'm finally getting around to wrapping guides on a SCiv 6 (4 piece) weight. My static distr. test looks good and a few test cast went okay. I wan't that impressed with the casts though, but don't know if it just me getting used to a faster action rod than the sciii 5 weight I'm building too (was hitting the 50 foot mark with ease but not much more). Last night as I wrapped guides on the t
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I got a great deal on a 4-pc/5-wt fly rod blem which appears perfect except for a substantial kink about 2" from the tip. Unfortunately, the bend is not in the same direction as the spine (nor 180-degrees from it). Otherwise, the rod is pretty darn straight. Should I: (a) ignore it and build the rod normally, aligning the guides to the spine? (b) place the guides in line with the bend,
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Help, I would like to know how to locate the spine on a three piece blank. I have no problem locating the spine on a one piece and two piece blank using the flex method. Is the proper procedure to assemble all three sections and flex the blank trial and error method untill there is a consistent bend? Second question, The blank I have has an open hole in the end of the male section of the blank
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I received a Sage XP blank and noticed that on the inside of the female end of each section is a thin yellow and red line that runs the length of the blank. What is the purpose of this line? Does it designate the spine or straightest alignment?
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I think I have read something about this matter but will still insist. If you´ve seen SAGE blanks, they are marked with white dots to indicate the "straightest visual line". I wonder now what that is, is it the spine? I made the test to find the spine on three different models of these fine blanks. Usually I found the "weak side" opposite or almost opposite to the white dotÂ
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I have a 3 piece blank, when I spine each section and align the spines of each section and then spine the blank as a whole, there is an obvious bend in the tip of the blank when I sight down it. I found that I could ignore the spine on individual sections and adjust it to get the spine of the complete blank to be on the Straightest axis. So my question, how import is it for the spines of the
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Two spine questions: 1.) Generally, is the spine always straight or can it wrap around the length of a section of a blank? 2.) Are than any instances when you would want to orient the spine 180 degrees between the tip and butt section on a two piece blank?
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Tom I just recently purchased your book Rod Building Guide. I guess I am one of the guys you were refering to when you said confusion still exists even among those builders who have built many rods. I learned to build rods by reading Dale Clemens books 20 years ago. In Advanced Custom Rodbuilding Dale states that the point where the rod seems to jump or produce increased resistence is the spline.
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I have just received a new G. Loomis "Slate" IMX 9' 10 wt 3pc. The tip section has a considerable bend that does not line up with the spine. Is it better to wrap the guides inline with the bend? Or should I wrap along the spine in spite of the bend? Thanks in advance for your responses, Chris
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Could anyone tell me the pros and cons of the spiral wraped guides?
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