Another View of the rod under load. Not sure if i have the running guides close enough Please comment
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My second NGC setup 7' blank 41mm spool Please comment on running guide locations in reference to line angle between guides.
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NCP cobolt blue with orange inlays United PUR70UL
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thanks mate i personally think it makes arod stand out that bit more being something different than off the shelf rods might try it on my next build
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Thanks Tom
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ill just add in here, that i dont have any troubles with my rods at the moment with getting tangles i might get maybe one every few sessions but i was just curious is all
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ok thanks but would it give any negative impacts?
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i have noticed on some spinning rods, mainly high end JDM stuff that sometimes the stripper guide is reversed and placed on the rod so that the foot og the guide points towards the tip (single foot guides) i am guessing this is to do so that the line hits the ring of the guide first and therefore decreases line tangles around the stripper guide could anyone shed some more light on this and
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Thanks for the input spencer judging by some of the input from here and on another forum it seems the Mebaru blank is more suited to what i need any other opinions are more than welcome
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funny you say that tom T Russel Agnetha TR76A-XUL2: Tip Diam: 1.3mm Butt Diam: 7.4 T Russel Mebaru TR74Mebaru-M Tip Diam: 1.1mm Butt Diam: 11.0mm that would say to me exactly as you wrote. the bottom mebaru blank would still cast the light lures and the tip would fold down nicely. yet still retain some power in the butt
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why is this so? man i wish i lived in japan sometimes lol so hard to buy a blank without feeling one
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Hey guys, ok here's a question how different do you think these two blanks would be? and which do you think is more suited to casting casting small 2-5gram hardbodies but sometimes will need to cast plastics ranging from 1/32-1/8 T Russel Agnetha TR76A-XUL2......Length....Line Weight....Casting Weight......Action Details:......................................................7'6''...
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10lb will be max mainly itll be passing 6 and 4lb leader knots but i upsize to 8 or 10 if i decide i need to anyone got any opionions on LBD guides?
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yeah i thought that would be the best option still, anyone have an opinion on if the LBD guides pass knots better than the TLSG? does the angled frame make a difference?
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hey guys a little question, at the moment when building my UL spinning rods for bream spinning over here in AUS i use size 6 running guides in the NGC setup what im wadering is could i go lower and still pass maybe a 10lb leader knot with say a size 5 guide? and are the new LBD guides better for passing knots since they are on an angle? therefore a bigger opening? and if anyone has
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bump anyone have any opinions on these blanks
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Hey, flicking through the matagi catalouge last night i was trying to decide what i wanted to do with a rod plan i had in my head. Well i sorted out the grip and everything like that but i still needed to choose a blank. what i need is something 7'6'' long with a fast or Xfast action, a line rating of around 2-4kg and it needs to be pretty sensitive i saw one of the T-Russel blanks in th
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thanks guys
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anyone know of a thread that will match the slate color of an IMX blank?
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thanks tom
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is the one for spiral wrapping im wanting to try it on my own next rod
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awesome thanks mate
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to build a 10-17lb baitcaster with all size 8 TLSG guides? reel is an alphas R soo bloooody low profile
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8's pass 60lb leader fine i have 8's on my 6-17lb spinning setup to throw exact same lures at exact same fish the 60lb leader is used for abraison resistance normally we have 15lb braid attached to that leader we vary from spot to spot, using 20lb leader, 40lb and 60lb at the really nasty spots Thanks mate and i always use forhan wrap ;)
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hey guys could i ask a favour? i am building up a MB783 IMX for a mate here in australia as a general purpose BC to be matched to an Alphas R edition what i need help with is the guides he wants titanium framed sics as his guides but im unsure of what models to use. he needs the guides to pass a 60lb leader knot with ease so i was leaning towards an 8 or 7 he wants it as light a
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hey guys, my mate is chasing the tube size for a new tip fot his BSR 852 GLX 7'1'' 6-12lb if anyone knows what tube size it takes that would be great
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thanks fellas
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hey guys, well my dad has just got back into building and he just purchased the P844 IMX popping blank to roll up into a snapper stick for over here in aus. What he wants to do is paint the blank (probably a greeny color) but he is pretty "nah shell be right mate" in his building techinques and not as @#$%& bent on perfection as i am. Now his plan that he just told me was to pa
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Hey guys about to build my first decent baitcasting rod, and well i wouldnt really know where to start to work out guide spacings. im all good with spinning but not so for Baitcasters the blank is a G Loomis MB783 IMX so is there any specific way to work out general spacings before you tweak them using static tests?
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hey have any of you guys done a tiger wrap using NCP black and bright orange underwrap with a NCP cobolot blue type of thread on top? and would you have a picture of it? if you do could you either post it on the photo page or email to we.got.slater@hotmail.com i would
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