I may give that a try if I can’t find a wide thin brush. I’ve seen a fair bit of people use them too.
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I use a stint glued inside the butt. The butt is trimmed equal to the seat length. The stint is put inside the butt, and the seat slides over the stint. Here is a link...it's the 2nd video on reel seats..
Building a fiberglass rod
In this video series we walk you through every step of the way to building your own fiberglass fly rod. What differinciates this series from, say building a graphite rod, is we cover installing a stint (to fit reel seats on larger blanks), we will also be using varnish to seal the wraps, and...www.proofflyfishing.com
The stint worked out very well...solid and secure...Thanks again for the suggestion.
I used a combination of birch bark and burled cork for the grip and a reel seat with wood burl insert and silver hardware.
Now just need to wrap the guides. (Will post the final result when done...)
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Thanks Porter....I've stayed away from cork handles on my staffs, as, IMO, cork would crumble under the pressures put on it while bearing down on the staff. (I've never heard of the gel grips failing...so, for me, simple is better)
Just finished this 7ft-6in, 4# S-Glass rod. Tried some different, for me, thread work and pearlescent ferrule bands. Another Garrett style downloading reel seat and Ritz shaped grip...
Beautiful!
Very classy !
Bambooflyguy
Legend
That doesn’t look like bamboo Phil……..
flybill
Life of the Party
They look great like that! You could add another on the top wrap, on the left side, but that's personal preferrence!I think I made these trim bands harder than necessary. Much easier on the other side of the ferrule wrap View attachment 96196
Hurry up!I think I made these trim bands harder than necessary. Much easier on the other side of the ferrule wrap View attachment 96196
It’s an NFC iconoglass blank I’m wrapping for @clarkman. I need to find my next bamboo project.
Did you put them on 1st or after the wrap? You can put them on first, slide them into position. Start your wrap and snuggle it up to the band. Trimming them is a challenge. Many times I've had to do it all over because I nicked the wraps..I think I made these trim bands harder than necessary. Much easier on the other side of the ferrule wrap View attachment 96196
After. Problem is I leave the tags on until I’m ready for epoxy.
flybill
Life of the Party
If you're having problems with the tags or the wraps not staying in place, start a very light, thin coat of epoxy to start. Trim the tags with a very sharp razor blade or scissors after it dries. Then do a final layer of epoxy or two.. When I was working on rods commercially we did one coat and done, but I like to do multiple thin coats. Two or three total. Just my two cents!
I think I made these trim bands harder than necessary. Much easier on the other side of the ferrule wrap View attachment 96196
A much easier way to do trim wraps is to start with your main colour, add the trim part way in, then finish again with the main.
Here's a pic where I started with black (from the ferrule end), added trims as I went, then finished with black. That way, everything is locked in and nothing comes loose.
(Also leaves room for an alignment dot)
Do you actually thin the epoxy, or do you just start with a very sparse coat?
flybill
Life of the Party
Just a very sparse coat.. I use a fine paint brush.. just do a thin coat to start and keep everything in place...
veilside180sx
Smolt
Just tell him to wrap it himself
