One More to Share

[clKiekhafer]

Kind of quite here so I thought I would share one more that I just finished up with. It is a Rainshadow XSB822.5. This was my first using the Fuji KR Concept working with micro guides and such. It was a little challenging for the first time, but I will definitely be doing more of them.

[unfrozen]

It looks really nice!

[clKiekhafer]

Thanks Chad

[upnorth]

Looks good, everything lines up nice and the colors work well.

[clKiekhafer]

Thanks upnorth.

[bltbowhunter]

Looks Great! Nice work.

[clKiekhafer]

Thanks bltbowhunter.

[bltbowhunter]

Is that a tiger wrap in front of your butt wrap? What thread did you use on this one?

[clKiekhafer]

Is that a tiger wrap in front of your butt wrap? What thread did you use on this one?

Hi bltbowhunter,

If you're referring to the alternating red and white in the middle of the red section, no would be my answer for a tiger wrap. It is just that, red and white wound side-by-side for a number of wraps and then the white tied off and continued on with the red. The red is Coats & Clark, Atom Red and the white is Pro Wrap NCP.

[bltbowhunter]

No, I was referring to the 3" section that you can only see in the 2nd picture. I have been using the Coats and Clark thread for butt wraps, but have been leary of using it on the guides because I don't know how strong it will be. Does that concern you at all?

Also, when using that thread it seems to have a lot of frays or small strands coming off of the thread that I can only see when the wrap is on the rod. Do you have this issue too?

[clKiekhafer]

No, I was referring to the 3" section that you can only see in the 2nd picture. I have been using the Coats and Clark thread for butt wraps, but have been leary of using it on the guides because I don't know how strong it will be. Does that concern you at all?

Also, when using that thread it seems to have a lot of frays or small strands coming off of the thread that I can only see when the wrap is on the rod. Do you have this issue too?

bltbowhunter,

The 3" section is a decal that has thread bands on each end.

I haven't had an issue using Coats & Clark thread on the guides. You are right that there might be some frays on the thread, but it doesn't really play when finishing with Flexcoat. I use several coats of CP on all threads prior to using Flexcoat. I know when using C&C thread that it packs really well and the color-fast threads that I've been using have a coating that doesn't provide the same appearance (to me). I think the coating contains the frays so you don't see them, but that doesn't mean they aren't there.

Thanks for asking questions and I enjoy your read back.

[harvey lee]

I would be proud to own that rod.

[clKiekhafer]

Thanks Harvey

I see you're going to Rainy in a couple of weeks, where do you stay and for how long are you there? We make a trek north to Rainy in July for three weeks, but I should would like to make it up there lone before then.

[Jmeyers]

Looks Beautiful! very nice work

[clKiekhafer]

Thanks Jmeyers.

[harvey lee]

Thanks Harvey

I see you're going to Rainy in a couple of weeks, where do you stay and for how long are you there? We make a trek north to Rainy in July for three weeks, but I should would like to make it up there lone before then.

I always stay at Woody's resort.

I typically go upfor 4-5 days over Memorial weekend.

leaving this week on Thursday and it cannot come fast enough.

The bite for us has always been awesome and I expect the same this weekend.

Woody has put me on many nice fish over the years and as always, if I run into a issue locating fish, Woody is always there to show me a few new spots.

I would not miss my Memorial weeknd trip for anything as it is the highlight of my entire open water season. Beautiful scenery and the fishing to me, is second to none.

[Northlander]

Whats the advantage of having such small/narrow guides? Dont you get a lot of line slap off that 1st guide?

[clKiekhafer]

Whats the advantage of having such small/narrow guides? Dont you get a lot of line slap off that 1st guide?

Northlander,

The guide design and layout was done using Fuji's KR Concept guides and layout. The design is based on the reel geometry. It looks at the reel height and angle of the reel shaft. From there they calculate the choke point and provide you with a starting point in guide size and location. From the choke point to the rod tip you use "micro" guides. Once you have the guides temporally mounted you test cast the rod and see if any further adjustments may be needed by tweaking a guide or two in one direction or the other. The guides are design to control the line coils coming from the reel and quickly moves the line to the rod while straighten the line to flow through the guides more easily. This was the second time that I've used them and I'm impressed each time.

[CHM]

Right on. Do a search on y tube for Fuji KR Concept.

Fuji did some good engineering and high speed video on this project. Many of us have been using the 20, 12, 5 high frames for years, but Fuji really put some design time into it and made it easier for the average joe by publishing spacing charts that are very good.