nicktoozoff Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 (edited) Hi All, Have just completed this one for Toby. He will be using to troll for trout using lead core line. Blank is a Rainshadow IP844F 7' 2pc Cork rear and fore grips, Gold hooded Fuji reel seat and gold Alps winding check. Guides were salvaged from one of the Toby's previous rod that was damaged. I believe they are Fuji Titanium Sic. Toby chose the colours himself, all are from the extensive Maderia Polyneon 40 range. Orange #1955, Yellow #1824, and Blue #1733. Originally this rod was going to be a std overhead rod for his Catalina C15 reel, but when static testing the guide train, I found that it really needed an extra guide to prevent line/blank contact. So it was decided to spiral or acid wrap the rod. This involves transitioniing the guides from "up top" to under the rod. So yes the guides are "crooked", something Toby is going to have to get used to hearing ! It was a fun build, and I'm looking forward to seeing some pics of cracking trout that find the pointy end of this setup. Cheers Nick. Edited June 9, 2011 by Nick Toozoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike82 Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 Another nice build mate! I have been using a spiral wrap rod when down rigging and trolling for trout for two years now. It's a great style of rod for this application! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gretsch Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 Hey Nick, How are yo udoing your labels? I am getting mine form Decal Connection but would love the flexibility of doing them myself. Another good looking stick!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicktoozoff Posted June 29, 2011 Author Share Posted June 29, 2011 Hey Nick, How are yo udoing your labels? I am getting mine form Decal Connection but would love the flexibility of doing them myself. Another good looking stick!! All my labels are printed on water slide decal paper using a ink jet printer. The decal is then sealed with an acrylic spray to stop the ink running when soaking the decal, then epoxyied over. You can't print white, golds or silver though. If you are looking for the water slide paper, search for it under online shop. Cheers Nick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gretsch Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 All my labels are printed on water slide decal paper using a ink jet printer. The decal is then sealed with an acrylic spray to stop the ink running when soaking the decal, then epoxyied over. You can't print white, golds or silver though. If you are looking for the water slide paper, search for it under online shop. Cheers Nick. Thanks mate.. I have some of that paper however, I like white labels. I think there is a Brother machine which will print white. I am using the new peel n stick form Decal Connection. They are pretty good. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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