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Steez AGS 74XH for me.
I'm a little late to this thread, but since you have a T3, I'd highly recommend the SV1000 regular or deep spools for bombing lipless cranks. They're one of my furthest casting reels for 1/2-3/4oz....
Yes, the Feather blanks have a butt taper kind of like Point Blank's. I haven't measured one so I'm not sure where they end, but they're good blanks for the money imo.
I'll disagree. The MBX is still above the new M1's and Feather rods. Even for as old as it is, it's still an excellent rod/blank. I'd rate them above the older IMX and just below older GLX's (mbr...
What kind of baits will you be throwing? What about line type and size? Do you like to play with the fish or are you a no-drag, wind-in-the-fish type guy?
It's a little hard to recommend one rod...
Go with a 4 powered rod, the 704 or 734. 3 is a little light imo for bladed baits. 4 might not be the best for cranks either..
Also look at the 705cb glass (fast), which would be my choice. ...
Also, you must mix prokote with a minimum of 3cc's of each part. Not saying that you can't have it cured with half of that amount, but it gives you that much more room for error.
I'm not...
It's a general misconception that more hardener would cure epoxies faster. It's actually the other way around, more resin and less hardener.
But you should always go with the directions, which is...
I use a small butane torch to heat up the epoxy after it's applied to each guide, mainly to remove all the bubbles. I use more heat than most, to the point where my epoxy liquifies. Just keep in...
That's an amazing rod, one of my favorites. But I wouldn't go down to 2oz on it. I really liked mine for 3-5oz baits, but it'll toss a 6.5oz deps 250 perfectly fine as well. You're going to really...
Imo there isn't a rod that you can throw both the deps175/hudd68 and 8" hudd/160 with, at least not effectively. If there was one, it'd probably be the dobyns 867 (because of the softer tip) but I'd...
It was down due to the fires affecting the servers or something of that nature. Seems to be back up though.
Imo, custom is the way to go with spinning, but only if the builder can build a proper guide layout that matches the reel/line you're using. I'm really not a fan of most factory spinning rod's guide...
After I swapped to brass gears and carbontex drag washers on my 13met, I started really liking it again.
That's normal and fine. Some guides come straight, some forward sloping, mainly for the guides to be "tangle-free."
10-12rpm is fine, although a faster rpm would be easier for straight lines. You can also use high quality painters tape for the lines, but you said as cheap as possible.
Which flex coat are you...
Interesting. I've replaced a few tips on those without any problems. I'll be more careful on them from now on.
Replacing a tip isn't too hard. There shouldn't be any need to cut the blank itself. There should be some youtube videos on it, but you can also bring your rod to any custom rod builder or some...
From what I've seen, as long as you don't order their unpopular blanks, you'll get your order fairly quick. 2 years ago, my orders took an average of 3 months to get. My last order (a few months...
Bassbme,
I understand that the powers that one company gives may be different from another company. I also understand that these numbers don't tell the whole story, but it gives us a general idea...
Point blank tells you the rda and ccs numbers of their blanks. The rda (rod data analysis) of the PB701MHF was off by 100grams, that's about one whole power.. Weight of the blank was also off by...
I believe it was just the 701MHF since I haven't heard complaints about their other blanks. They were off by one power with that one. Kind of disappointed in mine since I was looking for a MH, and...
Envirotex lite is some good stuff as well. It's cheaper and works well. I use Envirotex lite the most for my rod building because I get it for free at the shop I work at. Been using it for about a...
Your mix was probably off like you said or maybe it wasn't mixed enough. I've also microwaved crystallized resin, usually 5-10 seconds at a time until I don't see any more crystals. It will still...