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Winn grips are the real deal, but they are a PITA to work with. Very difficult to ream without damaging the thin skin. Particularly the longer elliptical rear grips. I've had to toss out two and order replacements. Makes them quite expensive. I will no longer be installing any of those longer than 8.5". The 3.5" and 4.5" rear grips are a lot easier to deal with.

i found a link to this site on the website of "The Reel Mechanic", our late friend, David Green. That was 11 years ago. I lurked for about a year before joining. Don't know if it was an entire year, but it was quite a while.

I no longer try to match colors with thread. Instead, I go for a contrasting, complimentary color.

Your first St Croix? I'll bet it will not be your last.

The only tungsten I have are a bunch of jigheads I got,dirt cheap. I never drank that flavor of koolaid.

Wait for it,,,,,,,,,,,,

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I used to have some td1 and td2 reels, but it's been a while. Im going from memory, so if I say something stupid don't tell anybody. Take the side plate off. Rotate the outside braking dial. Does the magnetic ring rotate?. If it doesn't, I seem to remember that on the td1, it is possible to put it back in place without the gear teeth meshing with the gear turned by the dial. If the magnet ring rotates, then snaps back , the ring magnet has come loose from the holder, a not uncommon problem with the early Magforce reels. It can be glued back in place.

Winn grips are the real thing.

Nice! Do put up rod pics. what I can see looks very good.

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Controversy? or difference of opinion? Call it what you will. but what it comes down to is which knot YOU tie best. Spend a rainy afternoon practicing knots. Tie several different knots, then break them all. See which ones you tie best, and use them. You really want to get better at this? Spend another rainy afternoon practicing using 2lb test line.If you can tie a good knot in that, you can tie a good knot with any line.

You named one Lake. The new has to be River. No brainier.

I recently built a donation rod using a Revelation blank. It was raffled off to raise money for the local high school bass fishing team. It made a nice rod. I heard that the guy who won it likes it a lot.

To throw 1/32oz jigs, you're talking an ultralight blank. Not at all what I would recommend for a dropshot rod. Seems to me you need two different rods. But, take a look at Rainshadow Immortal blanks. Their popping blanks, and their walleye blanks. The IMMSW72MLTC is one of my favorite blanks. I've built two for myself, one spinning, and one casting. And I've built three for other guys. I use the spinning rod for trout, and the casting version for BFS bass fishing. Neither species seems to care that Batson calls this a walleye blank.

Thanks flyfisher. Lets keep this on point people.

Considering wall thickness of today's blanks, I'd say you will not be able to do what you described. Your best bet would be to drill out the butt piece, and leave The section above the cut untouched. You could sand the part above the cut a little, but you risk weakening the blank by doing so. If you think about, you really need to remove enough material to equal the wall thickness of the blank. if you took half from each section, you'd be left with a very weak section above the cut. Best to leave that part alone. I'd be inclined to look on Mudhole or getbitoutdors, and buy a new butt grip piece, and ream or drill it out to fit.

Those lyrics only made sense if mushrooms were involved.

Channelling Kenny Rogers?