St Cruix kit from Mudhole

[Gazza]

Cork grips had to be reamed to fit

got the grips and reel seat done finally

a bit of binding to finish that part

and again with the Browning reel it was made for

A hint dont follow their guide spacings had it all bound to find the line touching due to wrong size and amount of guides

So after a set of Fugi's were put on and placed it

She's all ready to try :)

not real good pics sorry

better pic of the reel

cheers Gaz

opps forgot it's 7 ft 10-20lb fast taper graphite

[Terry H]

Nice mate. Lee or Tom would be able to comment better but

As you found guide spacings are a general thing. The idea is to tape up your guide placements and/or bind it and then test to ensure guide placement is ok before epoxying it. Each blank and their action is different, as a result the exact placement of guides will differ in order to provide a smooth curve for the line to follow

[fishyman]

yeah i never use the guide spacings from a book

for spinning rods i use NGC

for casting i do spiral wraps

[Gazza]

Normally I set it all up myself but I was curious to see how it shaped up as a kit with the given components and don't recomend them at all

buy all your parts to suit as you see fit;)

buying blanks sight unseen from the US makes it a tricky business especially as there is such a limited amount of blanks in Oz so you can visualise what you need (sizes etc)

just on another note BCF sell a clear rod finish " Classic Rod coat" It's absolute crap ($20 2 part resin) stay clear of it

Gaz

[Gazza]

fishyman wrote:

yeah i never use the guide spacings from a book

for spinning rods i use NGC

for casting i do spiral wraps

spacings where from St Cruix site for that blank ( mudhole use the same)

gaz

[fishyman]

still the same

no blank can be exactly the same, do a static test etc thats how i do it when im not spiral wrapping

[pcsolutionman]

Looks good Gazza, Yeah Never bother using guide spacings provided there always crap IMO. So what u using this combo for??

Lee

[Gazza]

Tuna Barra bullies the slightly bigger ugly things

Gaz

[kriso]

nice handy work there gaz looks a top rod!