Just wanted to show off one of my rod builds. Wanted something different that would catch your eye It's a rainshadow blank with acid wrapped fuji silicone carbide guides with matching tip top. Custom green and silver marbling with custom made grips. Aluminum reel seat and rubber gimbal ( I don't always use a fighting belt)(http://i851.photobucket.com/albums/ab74/careychristopher41/20140506_225907_zpsfjqll6hm.jpg) (http://s851.photobucket.com/user/careychristopher41/media/20140506_225907_zpsfjqll6hm.jpg.html)
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That is pretty over the top. Really nice work. Is the grip EVA?
Ron
Thanks buddy. Ya the grips are eva. The fore grip and rear grip each have 19 individual pieces cut, bonded, and then shaped. It's pretty painstaking but worth it I think
Awesome work Chris!
Top of the line materials and clean workmanship makes it eye-catching for sure
"The Green Snake" is my first thought...Its a Chinese mythological being..
That's one mighty fine looking rod you got there.
that is one "SiCk" rod, nice! thanks for sharing...
A work of art... extraordinary! But I am unfamiliar with the spiraling guides, never seen that before. What is the advantage? :)
~A~
If wrapped correctly, it will keep the rod from trying to turn over under a heavy load.
Doest this produces torsional forces on the rod blank?
No it doesnt. The majority of torsion is on the tip of your rod. You actuall have more torsion with a conventional straight guide setup. With a straight guide setup your line is pulling down on the blank from the top. When under heavy load the blank actually wants to twist which is not good. With the acid wrap the last 4 guides are on bottom like a spinning rod, where the line is pulling form the bottom of the blank. A spinning rod never wants to twist because the line is already on bottom of the blank
How well do these spiral wrap rods cast. Is it there any difference?
Nice looking rod topshot! that's a work of art.. hope you get to put some bend in to soon!
can I ask how many hours you have into that? and was the grip the most painstaking part?
Quote from: OldSchool on May 11, 2014, 03:01:43 AM
How well do these spiral wrap rods cast. Is it there any difference?
Spiral rods cast very well. A lot of how they cast will be determined by the type of spiral guide placement used. If you use a slow transition (ie: 4-5 guides rotating to the 180 degree axis) you'll lose at MOST 5% distance on a cast. If you are using a simple-spiral (one guide 0degrees, one 90, the rest 180) it will impact the casting more. That being said, the simple-spiral is used mainly for jigging rods or rods where they tend to be very parobolic and where you aren't casting. This "drawback", to me, is negligable when you factor in how much more stability is afforded when fighting a fish. I don't even own a conventionally wrapped rod anymore.
Quote from: Jon Vadney on May 11, 2014, 01:40:08 PM
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Spiral rods cast very well. A lot of how they cast will be determined by the type of spiral guide placement used. If you use a slow transition (ie: 4-5 guides rotating to the 180 degree axis) you'll lose at MOST 5% distance on a cast. If you are using a simple-spiral (one guide 0degrees, one 90, the rest 180) it will impact the casting more. That being said, the simple-spiral is used mainly for jigging rods or rods where they tend to be very parobolic and where you aren't casting. This "drawback", to me, is negligable when you factor in how much more stability is afforded when fighting a fish. I don't even own a conventionally wrapped rod anymore.
Cheers. I have seen some on the shelf once and they ended up being reduced to clear them. Conventional isn't a big thing in Aus unless maybe trolling and jigging. Its difficult to find rods on the shelf for beach, rock or general conventional fishing aside from bait casters. I notice the USA has some awesome conventional rods.
Quote from: erikpowell on May 11, 2014, 06:49:03 AM
Nice looking rod topshot! that's a work of art.. hope you get to put some bend in to soon!
can I ask how many hours you have into that? and was the grip the most painstaking part?
I have maybe about 20 hrs into it. I have to do it in between working and taking care of my daughter. The grip did take the longest due to the fact that they are all individual pieces of foam and then waiting for the contact cement to dry and adding it together piece by piece and then shaping it the way you want. But it's totally worth it in the end
PLUS+1000 on the spiral(or acid) wrapping the guides. Unless it's a spinning rod already in my quiver, I go spiral wrapped. Even the store bought or used rods I have purchased get re-wrapped spiral style. My kayak rods for carp with Abu-Garcia bait casters get the same treatment. Amazing difference in the hand when the big fish load up the rod. You can open your non-reeling hand to see the proof in the pudding. NO reel TWIST! the reel stays on top and even some big halibut caught in AK on my home builds were no problemo to reel in.
Great looking GREEN rod, BTW!
Quote from: Steve-O on May 12, 2014, 06:30:04 PM
PLUS+1000 on the spiral(or acid) wrapping the guides. Unless it's a spinning rod already in my quiver, I go spiral wrapped. Even the store bought or used rods I have purchased get re-wrapped spiral style. My kayak rods for carp with Abu-Garcia bait casters get the same treatment. Amazing difference in the hand when the big fish load up the rod. You can open your non-reeling hand to see the proof in the pudding. NO reel TWIST! the reel stays on top and even some big halibut caught in AK on my home builds were no problemo to reel in.
Great looking GREEN rod, BTW!
This.
Spiral wrapped rods > all.