Nice.
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Just finished Ul rod 1.23 oz with fuji components.
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Nice.
Regards
Nice build. Did you fish your previous Matagi build, the 6'6" model? I'm curious how it fishes and your opinion of the blank.
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Tried out new 6’6” 1.3 oz UL matagi rod. Several JDM UL I have come with fast or extra fast tips and the main spine is a little stiff. This blank has a mod action so it casts a 1/64 jig pretty far almost like a sling shot. I use 0.2 PE which is as thin as 1/2 lb mono so that also helps getting a long cast. This lake also has big brood stock rainbows that like to eat crappie jigs. No problem getting the big fish in, just a little patience. Also, with the light blank you have to have needle pt hooks or you wont hook many fish. Watch the thin tip for braid wrap, hooking a big fish with a braid wrap on tip would not be a good outcome
Funny you should talk of tip wrap, I deal with that on windy days. Frustrating!
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Whats your thoughts on only using what looks like 6 guides plus the tip? On the 5'6" I sell i Put 9 plus the tip.
i like the 9 guides plus tip that you do but a friend built the 56 and I gave him all the guides but he followed the fuji recommendation and left a few out, no big deal. Because i buy the fuji set of torzite in 12/8/6/4/3/3/3/3 $59 plus add a tip my rods usually have at least 8 plus tip. Doing a 7 now talon 2 piece blank weighs 20 grams tubular tip and im adding a 5 and an xtra 4 so this one will have 10 plus tip. Total weight on finished should be around 42 grams. I live in woodland, wa and because i dont pay shipping plus military discount, got blank for $30, matagi/suzuki blanks usually run over $100. I cant get the guides to weigh even with 1/1000 th of an oz scale, i say more the better, just takes time to thread thin braid thru all those small guides 😆
Just how I weigh things. I use the grain (gr) option on the scale, used in gun powder and I’m sure some other things I do t know of. 7000 grains to the pound and about 437 to the ounce. A jig that weighs 15 grains gets divided into 437 for the answer of about 1/30. Close enough to a 1/32 for me. It’s how I found the true weight of my favorite jig head at 1/43 oz. hope it helps......
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That does help, the actual specs on blank lure wt is 0.2 grams to 1 gram. 0.2 grams would be 1/130 oz but i dont think there is a head that small, hook probably weighs that
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