I’m building a spinning rod and was comparing the KR guidelines to the KR GPS on anglers resource. The rod is 82” long, reel mounted approximately 13” from the butt, and the reel is a Pflueger President 3500. The guidelines state to lay the first guide out based on the angle of the spool axis. This places the first guide approximately 29” from the tip of the spool axis. The distance from the
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Hey Friends, I tried euro nymphing on my 10' 5wt rod this past weekend and I must admit it was exhilarating to feel the hit of the fish. Caught two rainbows and a few creek chubs, it was a lot of fun. So I'm thinking about building a euro rod. I see CTS makes a euro blank but I can't find any reviews on it. I saw some folks have built euro rods with the Affinity X or MX and liked them. Wonderi
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Looking for recommendations for a reelseat insert for an NFC carbon fiber casting reelseat. Their website states that the cutout and barrel are 15mm. I assume that is the ID and think I've found an American tackle insert. Do I have any other options?
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Hi All...thank you for admitting me to the forum! It has been about 50 years since I've built a rod. Back then I used Fenwick Boron blanks (saved paper route money for months) and still fish those rods today. I'm now old, but have a 15-year-old son that loves fishing and is learning to fly fish, and I want to make him a rod. I've purchased a North Fork Blank (LMX FAF905-4) 9'0–5 Wt. For fres
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About a month ago, I completed a spinning build using the K-R Concept, 3+1 guide specification, for NFC's SJ 703 X-Ray (C602) blank. I have fished it extensively since then, and wanted to share my experiences and thought process building and fishing this guide specification with this rod. Seems to me, not much has been written about the 3+1 specification, especially with the 16H guide group, and
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I have some new T2 MNTT Micro Tops and noticed they are welded were the tang comes off the end by the tube hole. So I thought I had some defective ones. Started looking at my supply and found a GMMNST in a ring size 8 and it's not welded either. Are all the MN tops not welded? Thought this was the way of the world.
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Hello, guys! I'm reading a lot about the new Fuji KR Concept for guide placing ... And now I'm thinking what is the alternative for that kind of guide placing?How have people chosen and placed the guides on rods before that? Because if I go to our local tackle shop I can't see any rods being done by Fuji KR Concept. Why not? Regards!
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I know this has been somewhat addressed a few years ago but am bringing it up again. I don't do this very ofter but a high schooler broke a high end rod I built him. I am salvaging the top to make a 40" Walleye ice rod for outside a house (a run-N-gun rod). Since the rod had micro guides on it I had to sand it smooth taking the paint off. I plan to paint it then clear it. What do I use for
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New to the rod building world. I’ve always thought about building for myself and getting exactly what I want. I’ve bought and sold or traded more sticks than I even want to think about so I decided to go for it! I didn’t want to completely suck going into it, so I bought a few inexpensive rod kits and gave them as gifts to friends and family. I have two builds narrowed down already… possibly a th
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Hi everyone. I'm very new to building open water rods (I've only built ice rods). I'm looking to build a spinning rod for walleyes. I really want to use recoil guides as I've had good experiences with my other rods. I'm just having trouble figuring out which model of recoil guide to use. I'm assuming that I need a combination of reduction guides and running guides, but we sites that sell recoil g
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I'm building out a1 oz carbon 8' 3WT fly rod blank with single foot guides. My tip section has 4 x 1/0 single foot guides behind the tip top. I'm not new to rod building but the combination of the very thin/flexible tip section and the very small foot is giving me a run for my money. As I wrap up the foot, there's enough movement that causes the wraps to overlap/bunch up and just look sloppy
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Salmon/Steelhead full length grips are now available on www.Picsaricork.com. Check out the beautiful 11" 12" and 13.5" contoured solid rear grips in micro-agglomerated cork. The casting grips are made to fit with a perfect transition to size 16 and 17 casting grips. Both the casting and spinning grips are made to pair with the BC3-1R butt cap. You can find us on t
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I'm working on a KR concept guide train using a taller choke guide for a spinning rod I'm building. As was suggested in another thread where i asked questions about this type of set up, I place the 1st reduction guide, and the taller choke guide in the positions the KR software calls for them to be placed if using a standard KR guide train, where a KB would be the choke guide. I then placed the t
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I used some Flex Coat high build and found some micro bubbles in the cured finish. They are not noticeable until you put a flashlight on it. Is this normal? When mixing, there were also bubbles. Using heat takes them away, but the micro bubbles in the mix remained even when using heat. I prewarmed the bottles and used a heater in the room. I mixed the 2 parts on the bottom of an aluminum can
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I’ve been looking at the RodMaker magazine article: Spinning Rod - Guide Sizing and Placement. I don’t know if the information is still pertinent but it states that “the running guides which includes the “choker” guide should be identical in size and frame style”. Am I reading that correctly … the choker guide should be the same in all respects as the running guides? I would have thought it wou
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Hello, Looking for more expert advice. When I put together the rod specs on the anglers resource guide calculator no matter my entries, I always get the 20H, 10H and 5.5M. However, on this KR concept printout I found, shows the latest is 20H, 10H and 6L. (See link to PDF as I cannot figure out how to post pictures here). I'm sure the difference is minimal, but can someone explain this discrepanc
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I have been building for a few years and always used the same technique for finding the rod's spine. However, I have been wondering if my method is correct. I have read a lot of ways to spine and watched many YouTube videos, but something doesn't seem right to me. Most of the discussions about spinning the rod say to roll the rod until it jumps/pops etc. Then mark the rod. So here's my que
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Is it possible to buy an aluminum winding check and change the color? I’ve seen effects on metal that has a holographic/color change effect and I’m not sure the term, but was wondering if any of you knew what it’s called and if it is possible to do on winding checks and reel seats.
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Hello, I've been building rods for personal use and since I live in the city they've all been 3pc mostly using Batson Revelation RX6 since I travel by motorcycle or plane to my fishing destinations. I did some research and it would appear my airline allows up to 2 rods + reels + tackle and counts them as a single checked item. I'm lucky to have status with them some years so even that checked
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Hi I'm doing research on how to build my first surf rod and my question is based on the article on Anglers Resource website titled "Building the KR Concept Spinning Rod" So I decided to go with the 11' Black Hole East Coast 2-6oz lure rated blank and build it according to the KR concept. The article suggests some guidelines like using the KL25H stripper if using lines greater 20lb
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I am trying to do a static load test of the guide placements on a 7 foot medium heavy casting rod. I attached a reel and threaded the line, then loading the rod by pulling on the line. My guides are taped on and they move to the side under load. It was getting difficult to get accurate and reliable outcomes when the guides are constantly shifting under load. Having to readjust the guides repeated
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Hi - If you have fished these blanks I'd like to hear your impression - particularly regarding comparison to commercially available finished rods. Also if you've built them any comments regarding the quality and characteristics (flex, tip action, etc) of the blank would be appreciated. I'm interested but would like to get some idea of how these blanks fish before buying one. Thank you
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Does anyone have weights for the new version Snake Brand single foot guide ( with the closed ring ). Thanks
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Just wanted to vent something on here. I’m currently finishing up a kr concept nfc x ray build. I noticed that two of my wraps (the first and fourth running guide from the tip top) looked to be slightly shorter than the rest of the running guide wraps. I pulled out the caliper and the rings on these two guides measured smaller than the other runners. (I ordered size 4.5 kt runners) I actually had
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I used fuji ultra poly in a light grey on a grey metallic blank. The thread is noticeablely darker directly over the Tunnels. Their is good epoxy runout under the frames. Not too much. Not too little. Not worried about it, just curious as to why the color change? Kind of don't want it to happen again. I have some ideas, but thought I'd ask. Did not have any luck with the search box. I did use ge
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Hi all New member here! Just placed an order with Herb (big thanks) for the above blank. Hoping members can offer their experience of optimal guides & spacing. I’m thinking single foot recoils with couple of lite wire snakes at tip. Cheers Mark
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I have been building with CRB LZR guides, and they have worked well so far. With the recent NFC sale, I ordered a C6O2 725 blank and I've been entertaining the idea of using a titanium guide train on it to take advantage of the reduced weight and try to avoid having the blank be tip-heavy. I don't know much about the titanium guides that are out there, other than they are pretty pricey, and I am
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Hello, What do you use as a winding check or trim piece for carbon fiber grips on the side that isn't cut straight and has rough edges and kind of a lip? I stacked two different size rubber winding checks in to each other but I don't really like the look. An example of the grips I am talking about are the CFX carbon fiber ones sold by Mudhole. Thank you Jason
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I’m still pretty new to rod building and this forum but I’m head over heels for rod building I just got done with my first build a rainshadow immortal 6’10” m xf spinning set up. Now I’m thinking of building a bfs rod as well for smallmouth river fishing and large mouth as well I’m considering the nfc SJ 703-1(X-Ray LMX) but I’m completely open to other options for blanks and components. I still
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Hello, I am newbie to rod building and to the forum, so go easy on me :) I am in process specifying components for a medium powered open water inshore rod (meaning do not plan to use in structure). It will be used to target you typical florid inshore species, trout, Spanish mac, red fish, etc. I fish almost exclusively with artificial lures including soft plastics, top waters, bucktails, spoons,
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