11-29-10, 01:13 AM | #1 |
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Micro Spiral Project
I started working on this one the other day for a good friend of mine to give to him as a present for the countless trips he has took me and probably responsible for keeping me on the water when my Grandpa's health deteriorated and he passed. He always wanted a spiral wrapped rod since we went to the Bassmaster tourney on Ross Barnett in '96. And the last time we went fishing we were talking about the micro guides, so I am going to try to give him the best of both worlds. This rod is built on a 6'6" Castaway crankbait blank Med-Mod. It is equipped with American Tackle micros, except for the stripper: Double foot 6, 5, and 4s the rest of the way out. I went with an EVA split grip with aluminum checks and one blue check on the foregrip. I was sort of worried about the rod from not making a spiral, but I tossed a Bandit abotu 35 steps today without loading the rod. I didn't really put out because the thread has not been coated yet. But I am really pleased with the castability and smoothness of these micros. I will post some more pics when I finish it. I also threw in the handle pics of "Mean Green", a topwater rod I am building for myself. It is an FTU IM10 blank that will have micros on it too. But that is for next month when I get in from overseas.
I have got to straighten this wrap, moved when I shifted the guide. I will probably double wrap it. I love these Castaway cut out seats.
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11-29-10, 10:57 AM | #2 |
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Both look good Bubba! I bet that green blank is gonna have a curado on it!
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Lookin good! I'm gonna have to give ol Lance a call about some of those trim pieces, they look great. I'm sure your buddy is going to be very happy with his new rod! Underwraps look great too!
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11-29-10, 02:06 PM | #4 |
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Both are looking top notch!...excellent work Bubba!
Those trim pieces look tasty!
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I dunno know, I am thinking about an Okuma Serrento (Spelled?)
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12-05-10, 10:14 PM | #6 |
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They both look great Bubba!
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12-06-10, 08:26 AM | #7 |
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Thanks, I can't wait to get home and put the final spin on it and ruin it on a winter fatty.
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01-09-11, 03:56 AM | #8 |
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Well, I am working on the finishing touches for my first spiral and micro. I hope have a few pics of it up in a few days. I think I got too carried away casting it without epoxy on the guides last time I was home. I had to redo all of the micros. I had put cp on them for test casting, but they still shifted some. I tried to move one and forced it too much and split the insert in half. So I figured I would just re-wrap the micros on the 180°. Lesson learned - practice cast a few times, not 30-40 and finish it up.
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01-17-11, 01:42 AM | #9 |
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Stick a fork in it baby and it is done. I did a rod building uh oh the other day on it. as much as I would like to admit I didn't do it, I must have mixed the same 2 parts of epoxy because it would not dry. I had to strip and clean it and redo the epoxy, but oh well, lessons learned. But I mainly went with black, met blue, met silver, and a touch of electra black in the thread. But here are some pictures of a present to a buddy.
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DADGUMIT BUBBA!!!! i am gonna have ot see about sending some of my old rods out to some of you rod fellers and get them refurbished one day.
looks wonderful gary!
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I like that alot Bubba!...Like the blue check in front of the reel seat and the sliver with the handle..Finish and everything looks great ,well done sir...well done!
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Looks great Bubba!!
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Bubba that'a AWESOME Dude.
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Great job Bubba!! I hope you finish a rod for you soon!
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Looks great Bubba!
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That's a sweet looking rod Bubba.
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01-17-11, 11:08 PM | #17 |
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Thanks fellas, I appreciate it. It has took me a while to get this one together for some reason. But I am glad it is done. The only thing I MIGHT do is sand the fighting butt down a little.
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