Here's an RCKJB503-300 I just finished up. These are fantastic blanks for the money. I used a 16M Fuji Lowrider for the stripping guide, Fuji MNSG's the rest of the way out. Simple spiraled.
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The "diamond" wrap under the stripper is really cool.
Ron
Quote from: noyb72 on May 15, 2014, 08:10:13 PM
The "diamond" wrap under the stripper is really cool.
Ron
Thanks man. That's a technique called "Dragon scales" and was developed by a rod builder named Jim Trelikes. The Phenix vertical jigging rod I have posted here has some dragon scales as well, it shows up better there w/ the silver thread.
Is it a hard technique to learn??? It can't any harder then a tiger wrap lol
Quote from: Topshot on May 15, 2014, 09:07:31 PM
Is it a hard technique to learn??? It can't any harder then a tiger wrap lol
Wrap a diamond pattern on the rod blank with whatever metallic thread the rod will be wrapped in, then just wrap over it and the pattern will come through.
http://www.bdoutdoors.com/forums/threads/dragon-scales-presented-by-jim-trelikes.537518/
It's almost a shame to get these beauties wet ;D
Rgds
Mark
You know, the more and more I look at wrapping tutorials the more I see tying large flies. My lathe is almost done and I can't wait to start playing.
Ron
Getting excited about mine. ;D
I cant wait to fish this rod!!
John, what do you charge for a rod like this? I do not own a spiral wrapped rod nor have I ever used one. What is the line rating for this rod? Will it be able to handle 80lb braid which is what I have on the "Tank"? Dominick
Quote from: Dominick on May 20, 2014, 11:48:01 PM
John, what do you charge for a rod like this? I do not own a spiral wrapped rod nor have I ever used one. What is the line rating for this rod? Will it be able to handle 80lb braid which is what I have on the "Tank"? Dominick
Hey Dominick, this one has about $160 in components and it would be right around $250 for me to wrap it like this one. If you were fishing 80# braid, I'd go with the next step up in rod blanks as this one is only rated to 60#. There are also a lot of other reaaaaly nice blanks out there if you wanted to spend more (Phenix Titan, black hole, OTI, etc).
Quote from: Jon Vadney on May 21, 2014, 03:29:38 AM
Quote from: Dominick on May 20, 2014, 11:48:01 PM
John, what do you charge for a rod like this? I do not own a spiral wrapped rod nor have I ever used one. What is the line rating for this rod? Will it be able to handle 80lb braid which is what I have on the "Tank"? Dominick
Hey Dominick, this one has about $160 in components and it would be right around $250 for me to wrap it like this one. If you were fishing 80# braid, I'd go with the next step up in rod blanks as this one is only rated to 60#. There are also a lot of other reaaaaly nice blanks out there if you wanted to spend more (Phenix Titan, black hole, OTI, etc).
John thanks for the response. I was just curious. My days of spending that kind of money on rods is over. I am also getting tired of carrying my rods back and forth. The rod holder is a pain. I also sometimes get stuck for baggage overages when bringing fish back. Dominick
Jon,
I know the guides were placed according to an static test but by chance do you remember the distance of the 1st 3 transition guides ?
I did my musky rod pretty similar on the transition guides because of the medium action, just wanted to check how you placed yours because Im planning to get me a knife jig rod soon to build.
thanks in advance
Whoa... I really like that a lot....Jeff