I have one 2pc rod that has 2 Jungle Cock eye feathers as alignment dots! Looks good!;)
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I have one 2pc rod that has 2 Jungle Cock eye feathers as alignment dots! Looks good!;)
Oh, wow! What a cool reason to eitherQuote:
I have one 2pc rod that has 2 Jungle Cock eye feathers as alignment dots! Looks good! Warren
get another custom rod
or
make one myself...
get thee behind me , Satan!
Warren are we talking about fly rods or what? "Jungle Cock eye feathers" :confused:
Warren P. has shown me the method of putting on alignment dots! there the best thing.
What is the best cover to use on the alignment dots? Do you think super glue, loctite, etc. might work?
Even at that...once you get the rod assembled and strung up...if say the line is rubbing the edge of the stripper or something...just turn the butt section to get it to line up. If you CANT do that by eyeball..no amount of dots is going to help you out.
I have some that do have them..and some that dont...but if its worth adding them...Id sure put at least 1 coat of finish over it ( them) so that I didnt have to go thru that routine again
A spot of Sally Hanson's would work. When I'm building, now, they go on before I do the wraps and then get a bit of rod finish over them. I put them on the guide side of the blank and they are never seen while you are fishing.
You can get a whole rainbow of colors to use at a full blown art supply store. Get the smallest tip you can, around .5 mm or so. You can also do it with a really fine nib on an old style dip pen. My personal opinion is that most Sharpies are too big. Maybe one of the "micro" tips, but those are still almost a mm wide.
Warren likes those JC alignment "dots" so much I guess I'll have to do that on a rod. :smile: