As far as spinning reel seat is concerned, almost identical are available since 2 years (at least) from Aliexpress. I was sceptical at first but a friend of mine is using them successfully for light spinnng rod builds. They are indeed lighter than newes Fuji 'carbon mesh' reel seats although not such sturdy.
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Ernie Blum Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- Another undeniable > issue because lever arm physics are what they are, > is that what is really happening at the end of the > lines of those rods when fishing them with > identical lures is that it will take more effort > to retrieve the same lure with the longer rod than > the shorter rod. The
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Tom, I think I can cofirm your observations regarding line tension from my fishing exerience. Morover, there is a techinque when fishing with a slack line to detect the bites by observing the point of contact of the line where it enters the water - the bite can be observed as the little movement of the line, not felt. However, I think that 'lever arm argument' while theoretically plausible
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Tom Kirkman Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- And fishing lures don't just > start vibrating like the speaker in the test did. > They resist your effort to retrieve them and it is > this resistance, often felt as a cadence > (vibration), that you feel. Tom, what about jigs or blade lures on a free fall ? you do not pull them nor resist them with
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Michael Danek Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- If you want to see > the effect of rod length on the system, to see its > effect on sensitivity, you will keep power, > action, and everything else other than length the > same. Michael, is it possible ? Longer rod usually means heavier rod ( with the rest of the characteristics same / close )
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David, Tom - thank you for clarification. Does it mean that you consider 'the length' itself the major factor of 'sensivity' ? In other words: do you think that if rods in Aleks' test were actually held in hand rather than laying on a table then the longer rod (fly 9') would be more sensitive than shorter (spin 7') ?
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Les Cline Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > On another post, Aleks M. compared a 9-foot high > modulus fly rod (HM) to a 7-foot intermediate > modulus (IM) spinning/casting rod. He concluded > through his tests that the IM rod transmitted > vibrations better than the HM rod. Isn't it contrary to the "lever arm argument" that T
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Tom Kirkman Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > A longer rod IS always a more sensitive rod than > the same rod in a shorter length in any actual > fishing situation even though it will have a lower > stiffness to weight ratio and a lower frequency. Tom, I use lots of salmon & steelhead rods + 9 ft long but for walleye jig fishing where sens
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So, gentlemen, what is the end of this story ? Great discussion, great expectations and now silence.... are the results so shocking that no one dare to report ?
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chris c nash Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > OK , 8 pages in and I think we can all agree we > can scrap the vibrometer , what we really need is > a resistance leverage meter . LOL, good one. Tom - you have ruined it all, how could you.
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Tom Kirkman Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- Do you realize that anything you can > feel with a fishing rod while fishing you can also > see at the rod tip? Pay close attention next time > out and you'll see that this is true. > > .............. Tom, I have to disagree. There are rods with a solid tip where you can observe the tip as a b
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Aleks Maslov Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > However, if you take the same material and pattern > and slow the taper of the tip, as compared to > example 1, (just enough to have a slower recovery > than in example 1) but use a mandrel that has an > aggressive taper all the way down to the butt - > you can match the blanks power (b
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@Santtu Tac is an a small European OEM brand and I am not sure if it is available in US. So I think it can be hard to find info at this forum. As far as I know Pacific Bay used to make decent fly blanks
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Aleks once said that MB models from Delta line are exactly IM line just not sanded... so I guess they are a real deal
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Tom, thank you for your thoughts, I will try. So does vibrometer make sense to you ? As a device to measure sensitivity of the rod ? Or not ? Can we measure 'a pull or resistance' with a vibrometer ? I know that I am mixing discussion with you and Aleks but I think its might be good to have it all covered in one topic
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Aleks Maslov Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- but > due to the design of the mandrel at the tip, and > the resulting diameter of the blank at the tip, > and change in diameter going down, the low modulus > blank will recover quicker, but will undoubtedly > be less sensitive than the blank made with the > high modulus material. > Alek
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also a question to Tom Kirkman: Tom if I got you right, your opinion from another topic is that a fisherman actually do not feel 'vibration' and that we should not refer to sensitivity as an ability to transfer 'vibrations' - did I get you right ? If so, what is your opinion about 'TVF' - does vibrotemeter make sense ? Do you think results of measurements with vibrometer can be used as an o
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Aleks Maslov Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > Yes, we have a vibrometer, I am willing to bring > it to the custom rodbuilding show, along with high > modulus blanks (ours / competitors, folks can > bring their own) to illustrate what I am > describing above, which is a complete disconnect > between recovery (CCF) and sensitivity.
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I would also add this tread from 2007 ;)
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True. You can even hear it if you put your ear to the rod.
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@John there are still blanks being made with boron (and available for rodbuilders), that is why I am curious if Aleks findings regarding nickel may be true for other metals as well. This is very interesting because adding metal to the blank construction often results in weight increase. What Aleks wrote sounds quite revolutionary - especially that it comes from Loomis - that's why it is so int
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What kind of resistance Tom ? Water resisting the line during fall ?
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Tom Kirkman Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What you feel with a rod is something pulling or > resisting you, i.e. a fish, lip on a lure, > spinnerbait blade, etc, not some sort of > vibration. People often mistake/consider the > cadence of something in resistance as a > vibration. > ............ so what do you feel when jig free
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Tom Kirkman Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Build two identical rods - same action and power, > same material, same handle, guides etc., but one a > foot longer than the other. The longer rod will be > more sensitive in real world fishing situations. > It will have a lower stiffness to weight ratio, > but it will be more sensitive. Its rec
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Aleks, thank you very much for sharing those observations. I would like to ask you kindly to address following issues: 1. is it the end of the 'slim' blanks ? In other words, would you agree that if we are looking for sensitive blanks then 'big taper' should be one of the cosiderations and we should generally avoid 'slim' blanks ? 2. would you still describe sensitivity as the stiffness
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Good point Chris. I just wonder how he ended up with quite heavy rod using quite light components and minimalistic design. It just does not sum up to me. If I understood the article right, there's reel seat about 20 gr, 8 gr + 5 gr reargrip and titanium guides so where are those 2 ounces added to the blank ?
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Gents, ECS16 with SD hood, trimmed from the top as Dean suggsets will be, depending on the version: - about 24 grams (standard Fuji) - about 20 grams (modified from China) TCS16 carbon version is 16-17 grams if you like sth more fancy Set of titanium casting microguides guides is about 2 grams No fore grip, no WC, no hookkeeper etc. Split grip - 3" reargrip of plain whi
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Michael Danek Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > I cannot think of any significant mistakes that > can be made in assembly that would affect > sensitivity. Arbor type, size, amount of epoxy used to glue the reel seat, material of grips, their length and diameter. Preparing guide foots. Quite a lot of things. I agree that +2 oz is decent
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Well, TT Tester writes that he assembled the rod himself and that he is not very experienced. He had to do sth wrong beacause he writes that he added 2 oz in components to the blank - this is a lot. Maybe too much epoxy or sth. I mean 3.7 oz end weight is not that bad but it should be 0.5 oz less if he was so careful with components choice. Maybe some mistakes in the assembly affected the sensit
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Well, if the sensitivity is described as stiffness / weight ratio then cuting off the tip should increase sensitivity as it both increases stiffness of the blank and reduces its weight ;) It should also increase blank's IP and reduce its AA
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