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If you could only carry one fly box on a trip, what flies would you pack?

Sort of a newbie question coming from a seasoned angler, but the reason I ask is that often I find myself with spare time...

Not to get too far off topic again, I did buy a imported 3/2 blank from Anglers Roost when they first started selling them on eBay. The only problems I saw with this particular blank was the tips had...

Diane, the 12F is the taper of the rod. As far as which manufacturer did the 12F taper, I don't have that information in front of me at the moment.

Beautiful rodwork Betty, and I'm sure Diane...

I think I found a source somewhat locally. Bamboo Fencer in Ashland MA has a warehouse and sells Tonkin Cane from what I read in a couple of threads over in the rodbuildingforum.com site.

I'm...

Do you know what the original rod specs were? Weigth of lure or line weight? That may help with the idea of what the rod would handle for a line.

For what I am to say, I do not ask for any forgiveness.

The "pack mentality" I have seen on this forum and others is more "if it isn't something I would use, it's junk". The other "pack...

I built several rods from that article, using the 601(5 foot), 720 (6 foot) and 721(6 foot) blanks along with the 781(6'6").
Should be able to do a 5/6/7wt off the 661-2 (5'6" 2 piece) I found the...

Here's a picture of the wraps I need to duplicate, guessing Gossamer White Silk on this one?
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Also what the cracked tip I need to repair looks like.

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I've sort of been bitten by the bamboo building bug, problem I'm having is the excessive cost of a culm of bamboo and the cost to ship it.

Anyone in the New England area have a local dealer of...

OK, here's a question. I have a beautiful Diamondback 7' 2/2 4WT Bamboo Fly Rod. Problem is that one of the tips has a hairline crack in one of the side strips, only appearant as the rod tip is...

Actually it was the glue on that one, too tight was part of it, but he glued everything together and put it in a clamp to hold the rings together, the glue had nowhere to go but out. Shame too...

I only use that with the Recoil Tips, as long as the rod blank doesn't break, it will be there as long as the blank survives. I use the rod tip stick cement to hold the singlefoot guides in place...

If you have an iron hot enough, you can do it, I use a 300W soldering gun with a copper wire wrapped around the iron tip section and extended out a couple inches from the iron tip. Works OK, slow,...

I haven't but I did have a friend who did, cracked the cork rings in several places because of too much glue and too tight a fit to the graphite. I actually prefer the Loctite 5 Minute Epoxy with the...

I have to agree on using a chunk of cork as a primary filler, I use Elmers Waterproof Glue on my cork, get it in good and don't worry about the holes in the cork, you can fill them in with Elmers...

Dal, here's a couple pics of how I started out and what I am using currently. A simple box, some hardware and a BBQ rotisserie motor.
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Here's a photo of my rod on the drying setup. Got to love...

OK, I finally got the 4 size 6 RECoil RSF guides in and decided to put them on before heading to work yesterday. So with that done, I got home this morning and put the finish on the wraps, loaded it...

Hello Dal, great question, you'll love rod building. First. don't dispare as this is probably going to be a long post with a little information overload. My first rod has been one of my favorites to...

I use the Loctite 5 minute Epoxy that comes with the mixing tubes, makes life easy as you just put on a tube and squeeze the double syringe, and the end product is an almost perfect 50/50 mixture. Do...

John, I would go with the downlocking for the short rod, mainly because when casting I find that my hand tends to move down the rod and rest on the reel. Because of this position, I found that by...

Sounds like fun, let me know how it turns out. As for the comment about too much pressure on the ferrule, that's nonsense. If that was the case then my 6' 6pc fiberglass rod would have broken several...

John, I have to say that your rod looks great. Love the pic with the fish too.

Question for you. What did you use for a varnish on the rod?

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Matt

That's a really nice rod, have you had a chance to cast / fish it yet?

Here's a couple pics of my new rod, it's fate after 12/31/2009 has yet to be determined, but I plan on fishing this one for the next year as part of a challenge. Now I'm waiting for more guides to...