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| Rod Building So, you've landed a nice fish on a plug you made, eh? Now, the next step, building your own RODS! |
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01-23-2008, 12:21 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Here and There Seasonally
Posts: 5,985
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I have an old cane rod with that style of tip guide. I know zip about that style though.
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01-23-2008, 01:28 PM
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OLDGOAT7205963
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: CAPE
Posts: 693
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Jimbo That spot with the missing guide actually had a guide on ether side of the blank. If the rod bent one way ,you would turn the rod around and use the other side
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01-23-2008, 02:14 PM
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Plug Builder in Training
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: wareham MA
Posts: 4,047
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Tip is called a trumpet tip
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01-23-2008, 03:56 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: S. Yarmouth, MA
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Interesting, thanks.
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01-26-2008, 06:02 PM
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One more cast
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Brunswick,Maine
Posts: 21
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Tip Top
Old Goat has got it right. Its to reverse any set the blank has taken. I got one just like it from my Uncle. I think its from the 40s.
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