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Hey, the last CUI i bought was a 9' black blank and it isn't finished, it looked like a gator. ??? a friend of mine bought the 8' noodle and it was the same way and it was heavier than the old ones. They are also not painted anymore, they are one uniform color all through the blank, so no more sanding down to a pretty brown color anymore. I was just curious if anyone knows whats up
yea jacksons ling rod is a cui and i thought it was a gator stilll a nice rod
ya hes talkin bout my 8 foot noodle. do i need to sand it down to get that smooth feeling or just leave it as it is
i would leave it but i dont know much about the new cui's either so i couldnt really give you a good answer...
Leave it alone and fish it
ok thats wut i was thinkin
I really like the natural fiber glass look, personally I wouldn't even know why they would paint something so good looking ....but I guess not all like that look or just doing the color change for exactly that..... a change
At least the yellow ones wont chip and show a bunch of white spots like they used to
Im looking for a hand wrapper for starting out on rod building. The people at the rod room suggested a newer pac bay hand wrapper that looks like an electric wrapper and can be converted to one if you buy the motor separate. Im thinking it will be good so if i really get into it i could just upgrade without buying a whole new one. Y'all think this is a good plan? Ill probably build one of the 8 ft yellow cui's as soon as i get the hang of it
You can build one out of a card board box with two V's cut into it to hold the rod. I would play around with it before diving off in a purchase of a hand or power wrapper.
i jumped the gun like that and got a power wrapper for christmas thank god i enjoy buildin em.Quote:
Originally Posted by the original pier pest
My yellow one(cui blank) was stripped by Obie(Tiderider) and custom wrapped....a favorite rod now,(for slinging them small ly,whether for spanish or kings) if I was going to do one, it would get stripped for sure. there is a pretty natural fiberglass fiber rod hiding under neath that yellow....unless you just like yellow....Quote:
Originally Posted by rodbuilderESM
darn sure glad no one bought it and I did, after looking at it for a few weeks ....got a lot of compliments on it, last fall....but all I directed to Obie, along with my King rod, compliments were directed to Mr. John g(J&M) on the redo and beauty of that one....bigger live bait king rod
for a Yankee, I am acquiring a nice to me selection of rods to use when there(on the cheap too)my middle name
I am going to play with building a hand wrapper and add a motor when found....I think a grill rotisserie motor will work for the drying table for the finish (at least my plan so far) I have a couple that need a few things done, just not a big hurry for it ....like anything you tube is your friend on all this to get ideas, and believe I saw a card board box one that Pest described