He has taught innumerable kids to fish, hunt and enjoy the outdoors and generally make a nuisance of ourselves over the years. A true ambassador to the sport of fishing and life in general. I will...
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He has taught innumerable kids to fish, hunt and enjoy the outdoors and generally make a nuisance of ourselves over the years. A true ambassador to the sport of fishing and life in general. I will...
Thanks for the reply. I think I will drop down to 6's for the runners maybe. I have been reading a lot between here and rodbuilding.org to decide what to do with the guides. Some have said they can...
I have a Sig V 4wt blank, 9ft that I am getting ready to build. I am pretty new to this and have a question. I have heard a lot about Fuji SIC titanium guides. I have some TLSG 8's and 7's as...
I think a simple anwer was alluded to before. Not all fish get released. Sometimes they get their picture taken and then eaten.
Thanks MM! So much good info here I couldn't sort through it all in a year. Happy fishing!
Hope we get more white stuff on the ground before this is over. The hills can use it.
Thanks for all the advice. I think that it may be a blessing in disguise as some of you pointed out above. I can actually make it to fit the blank! It is very close as it is right now. The...
Thanks Joe,
Right after I posted I went to hunt down some calipers. It came out that the blank is right on at about 0.382 inches or nearly that and the reel seat was identical at 0.38 or so...
So my FT blank has a stated butt diameter of 0.385 and my U20 seat is 0.420 inner diameter. Why can't I get my U20 seat over the butt of my FT blank?? Is there a trick I should know?
Thanks.
Thanks, that is what I was sort of thinking as I really don't know what I am doing! LOL>
Hello, I am new to rod building and have been reading as much here at FAOL as I can to get pointers. The info here is awesome. One thing I am not clear on is what I should do to finish a Matte...