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Posts: 1959 12/15/08 5:49 PM Administrator / Moderator |
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onemoredeer.clarksclassicfl... |
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Posts: 232 12/15/08 6:05 PM Forum Supporter
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Jim,
I just looked at the rod your have listed in the classifieds. That is some beautiful work. Excellent choice on the components. Someone is going to get a fabulous rod at a ridiculously low price. Glad to have you here and I look forward to more of those beautiful rod pictures. Doug |
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Posts: 2496 12/15/08 9:01 PM Forum Owner / Administrator
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littlejr wrote:Jim, Welcome to the Forum. Your gonna love that rod, I love mine. J. |
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flyflingerandy1 |
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Posts: 78 12/15/08 9:48 PM |
Jim, Welcome! That rod for sale is gorgeous!
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Posts: 411 12/16/08 11:27 AM Forum Supporter
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David: yes the glue is permanent for making the rod sock; I use it to hem the legs of my jeans; I'm a squatty body so i have to cut off all the jean legs;
its for that, so it can be washed without coming loose. We should have started a new thread on rod socks as others may have some other ideas. maybe Andy or
jeremy will pull out my post on the sewless socks and start a new thread-p-
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Zenkoanhead.clarksclassicfl... |
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Posts: 963 12/16/08 11:38 AM |
Chef. I build most rods with single foots. The lite wires from Batson match nicely. Jann's carries them. Don
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littlejr.fiberglassflyro... |
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Posts: 6 12/17/08 12:45 PM |
I'm glad Jerry told me about this web site. I like building light fly rods almost as much as fishing them. Been wrapping and collecting rods for 30 years.
Started out trying to put food on the table by just wrapping rods, but gave up on that years ago. Now making rods is my night time job. I have a day job that
pays the bills. Most of you rodbuilders probally already know, making rods is addictive.
Jim |
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Posts: 33 12/17/08 5:17 PM |
Do they affect the action of the rod over double foots? I would think, in theory, that they would allow for more even flex - slower. What's your
experience?
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Posts: 411 12/17/08 6:07 PM Forum Supporter
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they are much lighter because you only have one guide and one wrap, and one puddle of epoxy or varnish, so i think they would affect it some; but probably not
much; if youre building a rod from a blank that weighs 1 ounce the effect would be greater than if you were building on a 4 ounce blank-p-
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Posts: 78 12/17/08 8:39 PM |
Single foot guides also offer a single point of friction, rather than a double friction point on traditional snake guides. I will not buy a rod with snakes if
I can help it.
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Posts: 2496 12/17/08 9:03 PM Forum Owner / Administrator
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I can't really tell a difference between the two.
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onemoredeer.clarksclassicfl... |
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Posts: 232 12/17/08 9:39 PM Forum Supporter
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I'm with Jeremy on this one. I can't tell any difference in performance between the two but that's just me. For me it's purely esthetics, a
matter of personal choice. I grew up fishing spinning gear with single foot guides and a fly rod just doesn't look right to me without snakes. I would be
interested in any definitive information that one type of guide performs better than the other, I'm always open to learning something new.
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Posts: 2047 12/17/08 9:46 PM Administrator
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I think single-foot guides ice up quicker than snakes
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jkurtz7 |
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Posts: 2496 12/17/08 9:55 PM Forum Owner / Administrator
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onemoredeer wrote:Doug's got it right as far as I'm concerned. In another thread I linked to a post on the bamboo board about guide weights. There wasn't enough difference between all the guides (as far as weight goes) to make a difference. At that point your just splitting hairs, and it's really not really worth all the hoopla. To me, where you may get a performance advantage is the ceramic single foot fly guides. You should be able to shoot line a bit better with them, and you don't have to worry about them getting grooved by the line. It really just boils down to aesthetics in my opinion. Pick what you like and go with it. J. |
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