Tadpole Rod Swap Part 2...The Build

[cholcomb13]

I about ready to start wrapping....what spacing did you use for the guides?

[Jim Flamming]

Cholcomb and I... brothers in procrastination! I will start wrapping this weekend as well.

[bdesavage]

Make it Three of Us

[cholcomb13]

Here are some pics of the rod I'm building...I ended up using a spigot ferrule....I using a old style fenwick cork grip, down locking reel seat...and I've got the bu++ section wrapped.

[jdubach]

It actually looks like the tubes got run over by a car since it looks like the pressure was exerted perpendicularly (it was laying flat on the ground and the car or truck went over it, shattering that end and leaving the long jagged tips).

[cholcomb13]

Question all of the guide spacing charts gives our rods more guides (7-8 + stripper) than we rec'd (6 + stripper)....what did everyone do?

[Jim Flamming]

I laid out the guides I had using a spacing guide from the St. Croix blank catalog, which had 1 more guide than what we received. I placed a guide at each location but the one closest to to the tip-top, and then just adjusted the position of the guides I had to fill in with a spacing that just sort of looked right and made sense, with each successive guide further back towards the butt by a larger increment. Should work I think.

[bdesavage]

Ok Last weekend in spite of attending another one of Jean's family's Idea of a Re-union(Funeral) 3rd one since Thanksgiving and then spending Sunday and Monday at the E.R. Due to Jean's M.S. sending conflicting signal's to her Heart and Lung's, (She's doing OK we think) I did get the Hook Keeper and Stripper Wrapped and The tiptop installed and the rest of the guide's positioned, will wrap and Color Protect and Sealed or Epoxied if You prefer over the next 3 day's.
Yep another Three day Weekend! Last week I got my 4th 40 hour week in since Thanksgiving this week was a "Whooping" 24 Hour's.
Thanks for letting me Vent!

[harleybob87]

I hate these rods already. Son's dogs decided Mine would be a good one to munch on. Back to the wrapping table before the 15th. I think these rods are jinxed LOL. got to laugh or I will b e having dog taco's for supper.

[ol' blue]

When it rains, it pours!
Perhaps some hot sauce guide wraps might help as a training tool! If that doesn't work, you can think of it as an internal marinade for the dog tacos.