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Post 23 Feb 2021, 12:31 • #1 
Sport
Joined: 04/20/20
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Location: Springfield, PA
I'll start with a thanks to all of you that provided input and advice on my first guide wrap topic:

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It drove a significant improvement in look and technique and resulted in a much cleaner-looking finished rod. Here's a few pix of the improved wraps after I switched to kimono minkimoto, shortened my starting position to just a few wraps in front of the guide feet, and adopted the CA glue method for single wrap trim band when targeting clear wraps overall. The trim bands are black NOCP nylon.





Oh, I nicknamed this rod the "Two Hundred Yarder" because that's about how much silk I went thru wrapping and cutting and re-wrapping, and cutting . . . :) All worth the effort and the obvious improvement I saw with every re-wrap was good motivation to not settle and try one more time.

Pix of the finished rod follows. Close up there's still a lot of room for improvement but overall I'm really excited about how it turned out. I'll be gifting this to a good friend who won't notice or care about a blemish here or a little bit thicker epoxy there. He'll fish it hard, gouge the cork with panfish popper hooks, and leave it in his boat every night next to two oars that don't match. I couldn't be happier about that.

Another quick plug for Matt Proof's tutorials - laid it all out in a very succinct manner. He already is processing an order for my next build's components.









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Post 23 Feb 2021, 12:43 • #2 
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That looks awesome! Well done!


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Post 23 Feb 2021, 13:13 • #3 
Guide
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Great job


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Post 23 Feb 2021, 13:14 • #4 
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Well done.


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Post 23 Feb 2021, 14:34 • #5 
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Great job!


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Post 23 Feb 2021, 14:56 • #6 
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Very nice!


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Post 23 Feb 2021, 17:06 • #7 
Guide
Joined: 09/11/19
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Location: Canada, Alberta
What? That's your first build? Damn you!
Great job! Very classy. Most people's first builds are one straight wrap color with no trim bands and definitely no clear wraps.


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Post 23 Feb 2021, 18:28 • #8 
Sport
Joined: 04/20/20
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Location: Springfield, PA
Thanks Jason.

Really like the look of clear wraps but because they somewhat hide your mistakes once they go transparent, I'm thinking opaque silk wraps are really where the challenge lies. I'll be trying that next. We'll see how it goes.

Just gotta remember: wrap, cut, rewrap, cut . . .


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Post 23 Feb 2021, 18:49 • #9 
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Nicely done!


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Post 23 Feb 2021, 23:31 • #10 
Sport
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Location: US-OR
Beautiful work.


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Post 24 Feb 2021, 06:18 • #11 
Guide
Joined: 07/07/19
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Location: US-WI
Man, for a first build you dove right in and executed some of the more advanced elements. Nicely done!


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Post 14 Apr 2021, 14:23 • #12 
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Very nice work...your skills are really on the fast track. Congrats on a good looking rod...nice work


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Post 15 Apr 2021, 15:34 • #13 
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really is nice work for first rod.


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