Wrapping Guides

This is a big thank you for all the help I received here on rod building.
Wrapping guide's was a real chore for me, I would get over laps, gaps and sometimes re-wrap the guide 2 or 3 times.
Well, last night I was installing new snake guide's on the tip section of a bamboo rod and found that I was laying down perfect wraps as fast as my fingers could spin the rod!! Wow old man where did that come from!!?? This site and practise I guess!
Thanks everyone.

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Cactus

Glad you got the hang of it. I find that I need to stop about every 5-7 turns and pack the thread to fill any minor gaps I might have and to check for an overlap. Allyn

One thing that you may discover is that the faster you spin the rod while you wrap it, the smoother and tighter the results. It's when you pause that things get messed up. The trick is to get just the right angle on the thread, then spin away without stopping. The wraps on a fly rod are short enough that you should be able to do the whole wrap without stopping until it's time to insert the tie-off loop.

[This message has been edited by gadabout (edited 22 March 2006).]

gadabout,

I've watched them do that at Thomas and Thomas. They tye up a guide in one shot and the rod spins at about 10,000 rpm (or so it seems). The builder I saw barely stopped to make a tie off loop. Each one she made was perfect.

Boy, I sure am not in that class http://www.flyanglersonline.com/bb/wink.gif

jed