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6 years ago
ian duffield
I fish that way for Steelhead and use no more than 1/2oz form the beach on Georgian Bay and I use the Loomis 15 ft float rod, 3 pce and it works great. 4-8lb rating and run with 6lb XT
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6 years ago
ian duffield
Hi Ernest that's how they do the spine with a layer of fibre glass. I found that applying the epoxy on the wraps was a little time consuming and it didn't really stay on the corners to well for the first coat when rolling in the dryer. On my Musky rod I used cork and for the fore grip I used cut pieces of popsicle sticks pushed in to fill the void between the cork and the blank, I can only ream c
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6 years ago
ian duffield
The blanks are the Hex with the cross section bracing, they came direct from the factory many year ago. I am not looking for any as I have several now but if I came across the one shorter model that I built into the Musky rod I would for sure sell some of the others I have to buy that one. I love how the spine of the blank is identified and no matter how it is flexed the bend always heads in t
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6 years ago
ian duffield
New to the forum but have always looked it over, good site. I did a search for Cape Fear blanks and found some old posts about them. I got several of these blanks years ago and built one into my Musky trolling rod, these blanks are indestructible. One of the blanks I have has a very soft tip but backbone that is perfect for my Musky spinning rod, its soft enough to get the spinners out there a
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