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Topwater Caranx Ignobilis: Giant Trevally (GT) => Tackle & Techniques => Topic started by: Andrew Colefax on June 02, 2009, 08:00:09 PM

Title: Custom Seed finished!
Post by: Andrew Colefax on June 02, 2009, 08:00:09 PM

in between other jobs i finally finished my Seed popping rod. As you can see in the pic of decal its rated PE8-10. the casting weight of 120-150g seems a little conservative. Very happy with the end result, it seems quite light in weight i'll weigh it when i find some small scales

Sorry about the crappy pics, hard to photograph rods at the best of times, let alone at night on the car bonnet!

for those interested guides were underbound, then double overbound with a thin coat of epoxy applied between each wrap, finished off with a further 4 thin coats, very time consuming!

Title: Re: Custom Seed finished!
Post by: Peter Morris on June 02, 2009, 08:27:12 PM

Looks like a dud.... :-\ ;D ;D

Good work mate....looks top notch like all your work.

NOW when are we going popping...

Pete

Title: Re: Custom Seed finished!
Post by: Andrew Colefax on June 02, 2009, 08:55:46 PM

haha thanks mate...well weather is looking good this weekend! seriously get benny off his ass and come to bathurst with us, trip of a lifetime for you guys stuck down there....

Title: Re: Custom Seed finished!
Post by: Ken Best on June 03, 2009, 04:18:51 PM

Beautiful rod Andrew, really well done mate.
Be sure to follow up with a post on how it fishes.

Ken

Title: Re: Custom Seed finished!
Post by: Andrew Colefax on June 03, 2009, 10:46:05 PM

thanks Ken will do

weighed the rod today, came in at 455 grams happy with that