I recently purchased by first rod building kit from a sponsor here and while it looked really good coming out of the box and I had delusional visions of perfection, the rod just didnt seem right once I completed it.

My biggest problem is that the guide wraps, with the flex coat, look like a series of pregnant guppies laying along the entire length of the rod. The wraps arent flush with the rod in the least, partially because I had to put so much flex coat on to hide the little hairs that are sticking through from the silk wraps.

Are there different qualities of flex coat or silk out there that one can use to avoid this problem? I went to the local sewing store and got another spool of silk but it doesnt seem to be much better. Does it have somehting to do with the brush you put it on with? PLEASE, any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance,
jb