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4 years ago
Chris Sanchez
For rod length on head boats, a longer rod can have the advantage of helping to keep the line from rubbing the hull if a fish goes under the boat. In the gulf of mexico, many of our boats are twin hull and line rubbing the hull is a real risk. Additionally, the longer rod can be potentially leveraged (no pun intended) as a rail rod. I have built and use Rainshadow RCTB and RCJB blanks in the gulf
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5 years ago
Chris Sanchez
Hello - Looking for some ideas/suggestions. I have a Pac Bay power wrapper (a few years old) and it is hard to manually rotate the rod by hand. If the blank diameter, where I am wrapping is large enough, I can rotate by hand (with some effort), but as I get closer to the tip, trying to turn by hand starts to torque the blank and it will not turn (unless I risk damaging the blank). When the O ring
Forum: rodboard
9 years ago
Chris Sanchez
Thank you for the feed back on guide options, I appreciate the wonderful experience and advice from the forum members.
Forum: rodboard
9 years ago
Chris Sanchez
I am looking to build a 100lb Rail Rod (up to 50lb of drag) spiral wrapped. I was wondering what guides (no rollers) you would recommend?
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10 years ago
Chris Sanchez
Quick Question - I am building a 60# saltwater rod (SS-CJBF65XH, spiral wrapped with Turbo style guides) was wondering if gudebrod size A nylon (under-wrap and double wrap over the feet) would be strong enough? Thank you Chris
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