--- Quote from: SandBag on February 15, 2012, 06:14:21 PM ---That sounds interesting I'll be waitin for those pics. I love havin this thing I've fixed all my busted up rods and some of my dads fly rods. I'm even workin on a zebco that I found in the TRASH CAN(one mans trash is another mans treasure) at berryessa last weekend, and it helped tremendously in building my own downrigger for 8 bucks.
The problem now is my rod to reel ratio is about 3:1, it will take a financial punishing to fix that. Awesome rainy day activity though
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Nice! They are fun projects for rainy days; I haven't finished building any for a while now. Where's the rain?
Yea; my ratio is way out of balance too, even though I've donated a couple to the water. :smt009
again, well done.
Meat Hunter:
Nice build man. Solid work for the first one especially on the handle. As GB2 said thread color preserver is the key to maintaining the thread color. I like to use at least 2 liberal coats of the flex cote brand stuff on all but black and I do use it on NCP color thread as well.
As far as starting out beware the more rods you build the more addicting it becomes. Also you will suddenly find the need to build certain rods that match certain lures/presentation. Then you will be hopeless like the rest of us. :smt044
birddog:
Sandbag, if you need reels, I'd be willing to trade for some rod repair. as long as you are not to far from sacramento.
Joe
SandBag:
--- Quote from: birddog on February 17, 2012, 05:43:23 AM ---Sandbag, if you need reels, I'd be willing to trade for some rod repair. as long as you are not to far from sacramento.
Joe
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I'd be very interested in that, I'm just in Carmichael, the east end close to old fair oaks village. Shoot me a pm with some info and we can work out a time to get together.
Joe
KZ:
Good job... your first build is always a major accomplishment. You'll learn a ton just by "doing". I actually like the look of regular nylon dark green thread without color preserver. It looks black indoors, but in the sunlight you'll get a nice rich green color that looks very classy.
You should study the "new guide concept" (which isn't really all that new) for guide placement on spinning rods. The system will not only result in a superior casting rod, but also a rod with a very light crisp feel.
http://www.rodbuilding.org/library/newguide.html
Tons of great info at www.rodbuilding.org ... a lifetime of learning really.