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| Rod Building So, you've landed a nice fish on a plug you made, eh? Now, the next step, building your own RODS! |
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07-02-2012, 10:17 AM
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Dismember
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Maine
Posts: 208
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GLB 901M - Who has built one?
Starting a build on a blank I have been sitting on for a few years. Light spinning/bucktails/sluggos. Thinking of 7 guides, high frame single foot BYLG, 30, 25, 20, 16, 12, 10, 10 tip. Cork grip 8-in lower/2-in fore. Does this sound like a good start?
Kind of wondering what others built up on that blank.
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72 hrs of fishing SoCo, not a felony in all 50 states.
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07-02-2012, 06:32 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Cumberland,RI
Posts: 8,555
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What reel and line?
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Saltheart
Custom Crafted Rods by Saltheart
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07-03-2012, 05:46 AM
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Dismember
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Maine
Posts: 208
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Stradic 5000, braid 30#
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72 hrs of fishing SoCo, not a felony in all 50 states.
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07-03-2012, 06:18 AM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
Posts: 6,682
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On a 10 foot rod a 5000 shimano will cast braid superbly through a size 16M collector guide. On a 7.5 foot rod I doubt you have the length to do that, but what you really need for that first guide is height and loop shedding design not ring size. I'd suggest you consider looking at something like these newer higher version KL guides starting with a 20-16/12-10 which I think would let you build a much lighter more responsive rod that casts about as well as with bigger guides.
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07-03-2012, 08:18 AM
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Dismember
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Maine
Posts: 208
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I had forgotten about those guides. Do you think 5 guides and a tip or 6?
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72 hrs of fishing SoCo, not a felony in all 50 states.
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07-03-2012, 12:22 PM
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Chris Blouin
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Warren, RI
Posts: 3,330
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Probably 6 guides or 7 plus tip,most of them near the tip section
The k frames are great guides.
Posted from my iPhone/Mobile device
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07-06-2012, 08:35 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Bethany CT
Posts: 2,883
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If it were me, it would be someting like KL's 20, 12 and 8's to the tip, or maybe 20, 12, 7 or 8, and 6's to the tip. I like the BLDBAG's for the 6's. I have a similar build on the 961mh blank and it is my favorite rod to fish.
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No, no, no. we’re 30… 30, three zero.
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