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Starting this week. Get my grandsons; one 13, one 7. Tuesday and Thursday one week. Monday, Wednesday and Friday the next. I’ve seen some of the materials. A bit of teaching is going to be required. Hope you are ready for that. Being a retired professor, I do not anticipate any difficulty.

I’ve built jerkbait rods both ways; spiral and conventional. Both perform just fine.

If a friend told me I would only be able to use one if anything for the rest of my life, I would trade the friend in on a used dog, and shoot the dog.

To wait, or not to wait; that is the question

Here is a hook sharpener that will never rust https://www.amazon.com/Smiths-DCS4-4-Inch-Diamond-Sharpening/dp/B00009YV6L/ref=sr_1_5?dchild=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIxbX47L-l6wIVOYNaBR145gdEEAMYAyAAEgI8TPD_BwE&hvadid=177775471437&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9022564&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=13026233732729353456&hvtargid=kwd-11036716345&hydadcr=1642_9901529&keywords=folding+diamond+sharpener&qid=1597779473&sr=8-5&tag=googhydr-20

You can say that again! Been waiting for two blanks since....... well, it has been long enough i am not sure when. Early May, or late April. And, they are not coming from China. They are coming from the Peoples Republic of Kalifornia.

Remember Fluffy?

There sure is. It’s called an obituary.

Doesn't matter when you retie, as long as you do.

For a birthday present one tear, I got a box with some “lures”. A Budweiser can, Miller Lite can, Bart Simpson, a turd, and a couple I shouldn't mention on a family friendly forum. All about 2” long with diving lip in front and a treble hook on the back end. I caught fish on all of them except Bart Simpson.

Line touching the blank will not hurt anything. What you have to worry about is line passing inder the blqnk under load. What I have found Comparing moderate to fast or x-fast action blanks is, the faster the action, more guides near the tip. Makes sense if you think about it. When the actions gets faster, the flex is more concentrated in the tip section, requiring more guides where the flex is most pronounced. If you haven't wrapped the guides yet, you could try doing your static load test with the guides on thebottom side of the blank. A spiral wrap will some times eliminate a guide or two from the tip section.

Very nice. I bought several colrs of Nuno’s pigments, and have been experimenting. Have not produced anything that looks as refined as yours.. do you put down a white base first?

Its a new reel. Nobody has seen one. Nobody has used one. What do you expect?

All I will say is too many.

Gentle Giant. Who’s heard of them? British band, early 70’s. also Premiata Forneria Marconi, which translates as Marconi’s Best Bakery, if memory serves. Italian, same era. King Crimson

That is what I do as well. Thought I would post a viable alternative for the new builder who likely does not have a lathe.

Here’s a solution to that problem. The arbors i use have a 1/4” hole. A1/4” drill bit goes right through them. Bore them out in increments. Start with a 9/32” bit. Run it all the way through. Run the next size up in 1/32” increments. Here’s the trick. Do not use a drill. Twist the bits through by hand, always starting at the same end. With a little practice, you can get them out to about 1/16” wall thickness. Any more than that, I skip the arbor, and use drywall tape.

Hagane is steel in Japanese . Tamahagane is Japanese for jewel steel, or gem steel, and is produced for knife making. Shimano’s use of the term is a corruption of the original meaning, thus is actually meaningless.

It is possible your baits are fallong quicker and have a slightly different action when on the lighter line. Try increasing the weight you’re using when fishing the casting rig with #14 line. Speed up the fall rate and tweqk the action a bit.

Bushmills

I’ve found this to be the best way to hold guides for wrapping, and for easy movement during static testing https://www.mudhole.com//Guide-Tubing Get all four sizes. Cut into rings with a razor blade. You might want a ring 1/4” long, or more, for a large spinning guide, down to a ring 1/16” for a micro guide. Get your thread wrap about half way done, and touch the tubing ring with a blade to cut it off.

Here’s one for you. A beautiful song, beautifully sung, be my candidate for the best female singer ever.

Ghot

Outstanding work, Scott. What do you think about those new Amtak grips?