Stiletto Posted April 2, 2014 Report Share Posted April 2, 2014 New trolling rod I have been working on. It's targetting 65lb line, and spiral wrapped. Let the wifey have creative control of the design. [image]https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7131/13581001925_9aa241c8bb_b_d.jpg[/image] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanaflatsfish Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 beautiful but hard to appreciate with the back..the work is so detailed..suggest you shoot against a wall or something.. Wow…very well done.. :thumbup: I wish I had that talent…. dc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stiletto Posted April 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 I need a professional setting up my shots ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squidmotion Posted April 11, 2014 Report Share Posted April 11, 2014 i've wrapped a lot of rods in my life, but i've never been able to achieve these types of wraps... it takes an incredible amount of patience, skills, memory, and knowledge. nice work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stiletto Posted April 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2014 i've wrapped a lot of rods in my life, but i've never been able to achieve these types of wraps... it takes an incredible amount of patience, skills, memory, and knowledge. nice work. You can do it, it's mainly patience. I think skills is stretching it for me Finally finished it yesterday. [image]https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7425/13778180885_59dc8ee564_b_d.jpg[/image] [image]https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2857/13778179003_3f70463173_b_d.jpg[/image] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stiletto Posted April 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2014 PS - Used a plainer background Dino Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanaflatsfish Posted April 11, 2014 Report Share Posted April 11, 2014 PS - Used a plainer background Dino Very cool....explain to me the curving guides....first time I've seen this one Beautiful wrap.... dc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stiletto Posted April 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2014 PS - Used a plainer background Dino Very cool....explain to me the curving guides....first time I've seen this one Beautiful wrap.... dc Sure. For conventional rods the reel is up as are the guides. When a big brute of a fish is pulling, he pulls with a downward force. On a spinning rod with guides down this is a natural thing, but with a conventional rod the guides want to be down on the bottom because of the downward force. So if you leave the guides on top you get a force to the side trying to pull your rod around so the guides are on the bototm. With the spiral wrap you as quickly as you can wrap the guides to the bottom so the downward force doesn't cause any twisting. If you ask any rod builder to build himself a conventional rod, he will build himself a spiral wrapped rod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bilge rat Posted April 13, 2014 Report Share Posted April 13, 2014 Nice work! The spiral wrap done properly has a good feel when casting too. I have a popping cork rod that can sling a bait in close to the structure or cast a mile. Great feel to it. Lots of advantages other than just the lack of twist with a fish on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reel Loco Posted April 13, 2014 Report Share Posted April 13, 2014 Beautiful craftsmanship! Something to be proud of for sure. Interesting seeing the spiral wrap for the first time. RL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stiletto Posted April 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2014 Planning stages for the next one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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