I am looking to build a 7wt fly rod to throw streamers on a sink-tip. I am considering the MHX Native or High Mod blanks. Does anyone have any experience fishing the MHX Native or High Mod fly blanks? What do you think of the blank performance?
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I'm looking for a blank to fish 1/16 - 1/4 oz jigs, 1/8 - 3/8 oz spinners, and size 7 and 9 countdown rapalas with 6lb or 8lb mono. I fish mostly for trout in rivers from a raft and need something that is versatile and accurate so I can hit those lunker zones as I'm floating by cover such as boulders, large woody debris, and overhanging cover. Distance is not an issue for me. I was thinking of tr
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So I have a rod that I would like to remove the guides and rewrap with new ones. How do I strip off the old guides and what has worked for you?
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I'm fairly new to rod building and I have built two spinning rods using the NGC for guide placement so far. One part I'm confused with is the method calls for aligning the outside rim of the reduction guides along the line between the spool CENTER and outside rim of the choker guide. It makes more sense to me to align the outside rim of the reduction guides along the line between the OUTSIDE rim
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I just started rod building this last year and I have built two spinning rods and one fly rod so far. I have used the NGC for my spinning rod guide concept so I have no experience with the cone of flight (COF) guide concept. Now, when I look at a factory rod, I keep wondering why major rod manufacturers, such as St Croix, use the COF concept for their spinning rods (at least the rods I've seen).
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