Thanks, I'll be sure to check that out.

I've had two of these make a clicking noise when reeling. It sounds like a loop of line is sticking out of the spool and ticking as it touches the frame. But, it does not make any noise when free spooling (casting) and I looked closely and there was no loop of line. Any ideas? Pinion bearing? It hap...

I wouldn't try drop shotting with a bait caster. I built mine on a StCroix 6'10" X-fast, 6-10# line, 1/8oz - 1/2oz weight. It works great for most of the drop shotting I do using 6~8# line. I haven't seen an NFC or Phenix drop shot rod, but I wouldn't doubt they have something of similar length/powe...

My experience is that the epoxy will continue to harden over several days. Also, if the temperature is low it will take extra time. I believe contaminants could also slow/prevent curing. So maybe there was something else in the mix cup by accident? I've seen very old epoxy cure very slowly as well. ...

Its a gift, so I was looking for something easy to cast and my experience is that the fast action blanks are not as forgiving with timing, so maybe a Mod or Mod-fast blank??? Any experience with the following blanks? Orvis Superfine Touch (full-flex action) StC SCV (fast action), SCIV/SCII (fast act...

What about the Calstar Grafighter GF900M for a 9' baitcaster?

And a PacBay PBX II Graphite Surf X2GSU100M-2 for a 10' spinning rod?

That Grafighter seems like it would be a heavy blank, the PacBay lists 8.9oz... But I guess it spends a lot of its time in the sand spike.

Whoa! Its been a while since I've been on this forum, I spent 40 minutes reading old posts to see if I missed anything! I've been fishing for leopard sharks and bat rays (and other weird fishes) in my local bay and I like it so much I think its time to build a rod for it! I've been using a Okuma Gui...

I just had the insert pop out of a TKTAG guide on my flippin stick. I was fishing a tourney on Saturday and I had my flippin stick set up for throwing a c-rig, I grabbed it out of the rod locker and launched a cast and heard a weird rattling sound. It sounded like something was loose inside the rod....