Actually a gentleman made identical 9 inch grips out of cork and eva and compared them to the CFX carbon/foam core grips sold as noted above. The CFX grip was not the lightest, the heaviest by 6+%....
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Actually a gentleman made identical 9 inch grips out of cork and eva and compared them to the CFX carbon/foam core grips sold as noted above. The CFX grip was not the lightest, the heaviest by 6+%....
Carbon Modulus wise only, Bushido 54 mod., MHX high end 54 Mod., Rainshadow Immortal reported 54-58 mod. depending on who you talk to, Revelation 42-43 mod., G Loomis IMX 47 mod., Lamiglas...
The Bushido blanks are very nice and good quality. Their line of discontinued fly rod blanks were exceptional standouts in their price range, modulus wise look at the high end MHX, Rainshadow...
It fishes the same, what do I care, just a bit of extra time to clean up before rewrapping.
If you have one of the matt blue rods, I believe they used the same finish as the G Loomis blue GL2 and black GL3 in the same time period. Any solvent including denatured alcohol will remove the...
Avid, Your blank in the original RX8 part number, the XMB 874.5-TC and the XMB 944.5-TC were both tested for this some 13 years ago, by Steve Garner, and many other builders/successful tournament...
I assumed all were the same frame as they didn't mention otherwise, also remember the smaller the guide the smaller the difference between them, when we were measuring the Ti micros vs SS micros you...
The blank has been out there for 3 years now, they just chose to give it names now. If you go to www.rodbuilding.org and search the blank you'll see it's a popular and talked about blank for that...
They are a Neo blank like all the others, Neo is not the material, it is the type of layup designed into the series where they can get multiple and specific characteristics built into the blank...
Not enough that you would notice in use.
NFC's tubes are 3 1/2" OD with a dense 1/4" sidewall, tough stuff. Nice end caps also.
They all work, but you need to find out what works best for you. They all have their idiosyncrasies. Remember what you see in the bottle isn't what it will look like on the rod where it is only a...
X Fine scotch brite pad gives the smoothest, finest change to a matt finish. There are additives you can buy from epoxy paint suppliers that will change their gloss finishes to matt finish, the stuff...
Evaluating when you need to use a guide especially in the tip is easy to do and you don't have to do anything other than just bend the tip in your hands, as you flex the tip you will see no matter...
Since the Rod Geek blanks are the same blanks, made on the same mandrels, same materials, same patterns, why would you not be able to do a direct cross reference to all the knowledge you have about...
I think lure action beats color every time, I have lures where the original color is just about gone from critter teeth and they still out fish the new lure out of the box.
Not seeing where balance comes in so much, the material, no matter the type weighs very little at the tip, that is why most blanks are in truth multi-modulus in construction, they use a first layer...
Examples of how to save money, Mudhole had Am Tack skeleton spin seats in 4 color hoods for $1 over the holidays, the exposed blank trigger seats in many sizes were the same price. I bought twenty of...
Are you looking to save money when you build your own furniture, customize a car, build a bird house, etc.? Kind of a mute point. I Fish Therefore I Am.
There are lots of ways to get your hand on the blank that are cheaper, faster, and IMO better than the Fuji SK2.
The NRX series of rods have been out around 15 years, GLX 30, you really don't think things haven't gotten better since than? How about your cellphone? The NRX series was the introduction of 3M nano...
Sounds like you have the tools and the knowledge, building what you need would cut costs and is a rewarding endeavor. A lot of unwarranted bling to catch the eye in the new wrappers, none of it...
CUI always had them in their catalog, used to get them from Bingham Ent., I have always wondered if they were the original source of the Castaway seats. I have maybe 40+ Castaway seats left.
Only if you want an end result like epoxy do you need all those many coats of Permagloss, two or three thin coats after the thread is well saturated is as tough as any epoxy finish, lighter and more...
Nothing is lighter than nothing, except maybe a hole in nothing, all full grips no matter how made is heavier than a split grip, the least amount of split grip that gets the job done is lighter than...
