Re: Making Conquests Lighter
Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2019 1:37 pm
Nice work guys Looks great! It’s easy enough, just need the confidence to get started.
A little late but any it reminded me about the warranty which I completely forgot about. Contacted daiwa and they said it does void the warranty but I've never broken a rod and neither is it a life time warranty anyways.JBcrankaddict wrote: ↑Sun Jun 30, 2019 10:54 pmLooks like my post was a little laterollyourboat wrote: ↑Fri Jun 28, 2019 12:39 pmPlan on doing the split grip treatment to my daiwas. Any reminders or "no no's" I should know before I start cutting? Also after I cut how do it get the left over epoxy off?
Not sure why it deleted the rest of the post when I edited, but yeah warranty is definitely something to check into before modifying any rod. I’m surprised they would void warranty for work on the grips though, especially if the rod doesn’t break there Loomis policy is as long as it doesn’t break where a modification has been done it’s still valid for lifetime warranty, and always have Xpeditor just in case.rollyourboat wrote: ↑Mon Jul 01, 2019 8:41 pm
A little late but any it reminded me about the warranty which I completely forgot about. Contacted daiwa and they said it does void the warranty but I've never broken a rod and neither is it a life time warranty anyways.
Same number, same placement. Not much difference in ring height, which is the main concern.
Dude! That is the most frantically paced jerk bait retrieve I’ve ever seen. It looks like if you aren’t paying attention a good red could rip the rod right away from you. Looks like a lot of fun, but draining. I can see why you changed your guides and lightened your rod. Good stuff! Still love my custom handled 842 conquest as well.JBcrankaddict wrote: ↑Wed Jul 29, 2020 4:18 pmUpdate:
So I’ve had these rods on the water with all the changes for over a year now, and all I can say is WOW. Every time I use them, they put a smile on my face They have held up great, no issues with the cork edges chipping and of course the guides are still perfect. Landed several fish over 30lbs on both, so no issues there. Cork is wearing out though, might try adding a carbon grip next
If you were wondering why this would be needed(probably covered this already), I fish extremely fast reaction style retrieves with jerkbaits spring through fall, and heavy rods are uncomfortable after a short time. Nothing to do with balance, just to much weight in the tip. In factory form, the Conquest 842 was a light rod, but still had a lot of weight in guides that was balanced out with the full cork handle. Reducing the weight in the tip by swapping for smaller guides makes the tip so much easier to rip all day, and the reduction of weight overall with the cork removal made these rods feel amazing. Balance really didn’t change much, which is why overall weight really does matter. It’s easy for me to see after comparing both, and wish manufacturers would start taking components into account to match the type of use of each individual rod.
Here’s a couple short videos showing how I rip those jerkbaits. More weight wears you out quickly when doing this several days a week. This was an NRX 842 with the same guide swap.
https://youtu.be/9i0K2gdimzk
https://youtu.be/RHKSDllgYdg
That jerking action is what happens when u OD on Viagradomthewon wrote: ↑Fri Jul 31, 2020 2:39 amDude! That is the most frantically paced jerk bait retrieve I’ve ever seen. It looks like if you aren’t paying attention a good red could rip the rod right away from you. Looks like a lot of fun, but draining. I can see why you changed your guides and lightened your rod. Good stuff! Still love my custom handled 842 conquest as well.JBcrankaddict wrote: ↑Wed Jul 29, 2020 4:18 pmUpdate:
So I’ve had these rods on the water with all the changes for over a year now, and all I can say is WOW. Every time I use them, they put a smile on my face They have held up great, no issues with the cork edges chipping and of course the guides are still perfect. Landed several fish over 30lbs on both, so no issues there. Cork is wearing out though, might try adding a carbon grip next
If you were wondering why this would be needed(probably covered this already), I fish extremely fast reaction style retrieves with jerkbaits spring through fall, and heavy rods are uncomfortable after a short time. Nothing to do with balance, just to much weight in the tip. In factory form, the Conquest 842 was a light rod, but still had a lot of weight in guides that was balanced out with the full cork handle. Reducing the weight in the tip by swapping for smaller guides makes the tip so much easier to rip all day, and the reduction of weight overall with the cork removal made these rods feel amazing. Balance really didn’t change much, which is why overall weight really does matter. It’s easy for me to see after comparing both, and wish manufacturers would start taking components into account to match the type of use of each individual rod.
Here’s a couple short videos showing how I rip those jerkbaits. More weight wears you out quickly when doing this several days a week. This was an NRX 842 with the same guide swap.
https://youtu.be/9i0K2gdimzk
https://youtu.be/RHKSDllgYdg
You are welcome. That’s the exact guide train I am using. Main thing to keep in mind if replacing guides on a factory rod is the height of the ring off the blank. The new guides don’t change very much from the old guides on these rods, but have seen some that probably wouldn’t work, to much line slap on the blank.trevor60 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 31, 2020 1:40 ami have been looking to re-purpose a factory rod and found this guide train discussion to be useful.
the one notable exception is the first guide KW10 is much larger the normal.
Norm is a respected rod builder on the rodbulding forum.
For a 7’ casting rod I use KW10 (or RV6) followed by a KW5.5 (or KB5.5) for the transition. I use KB/KT guides all the same size as runners. I mostly use a size 4.5 or 5, and on occasion I will use a size 4. I normally use 3 KB guides in the belly of the rod with the rest of the runners being KT guides in the tip section. I place the stripper about 19 to 20” in front of the reel, and the first runner about 9 to10 cm from the tip top. I progressively fill in the remaining distance to get a good starting point. I do a static test and then test cast to fine tune. For a 7’ rod I will normally use 9 to 10 total guides. Other people do it differently, but do it the way that works best for you. There are several very recent posts concerning this topic as well as many many older posts.
Norm
Trevor
P.S Thanks JBcrankaddict for this thread
Yeah it is work, but worth it. Just wanted to show why, since so many make the gym comment when discussing combo weight. That retrieve gets the school fired up and they will hang around longer and keep biting. That day we were on a huge school, doubled up 13 times in an hour and I think it’s because that lure darting around like that keeps their attention and they just want to kill it. They definitely don’t have a problem catching it, and it’s not actually moving as fast as it looks. You have to pay attention or they may do exactly as you said and steal your roddomthewon wrote: ↑Fri Jul 31, 2020 2:39 am
Dude! That is the most frantically paced jerk bait retrieve I’ve ever seen. It looks like if you aren’t paying attention a good red could rip the rod right away from you. Looks like a lot of fun, but draining. I can see why you changed your guides and lightened your rod. Good stuff! Still love my custom handled 842 conquest as well.
Sounds like a good time! Yup I like, and enjoy the split grip on it. Even though I didn’t change guides you can feel the difference. Thanks for the original advice I’m glad I modified mine.JBcrankaddict wrote: ↑Mon Aug 03, 2020 3:09 pmYeah it is work, but worth it. Just wanted to show why, since so many make the gym comment when discussing combo weight. That retrieve gets the school fired up and they will hang around longer and keep biting. That day we were on a huge school, doubled up 13 times in an hour and I think it’s because that lure darting around like that keeps their attention and they just want to kill it. They definitely don’t have a problem catching it, and it’s not actually moving as fast as it looks. You have to pay attention or they may do exactly as you said and steal your roddomthewon wrote: ↑Fri Jul 31, 2020 2:39 am
Dude! That is the most frantically paced jerk bait retrieve I’ve ever seen. It looks like if you aren’t paying attention a good red could rip the rod right away from you. Looks like a lot of fun, but draining. I can see why you changed your guides and lightened your rod. Good stuff! Still love my custom handled 842 conquest as well.
Glad to hear you are still enjoying your custom and hopefully it is holding up well! Definitely something not many people have at this point.