Offshore Fishing

What are the basics I need to buy to wrap fishing rods?

These would be used for saltwater fishing, offshore and surf fishing.

First of all, the parts: the blank, grip, reel seat, butt cap, guides, and tip. Then, the wrapping thread and the coatings -- generally color preserver and varnish, small brushes for applying them, small cups for mixing the epoxy coating. Ferrule cement for attaching the tip.

You can wrap rods on your lap -- I wrapped a couple dozen that way as a kid. It's slow and tedious, but if you keep the thread tight it will work just fine. (Keeping the thread tight is very important -- otherwise the guides will wiggle under pressure. But I caught plenty of good-sized saltwater fish on lap-wrapped rods, so it's possible.) But if you can afford (or borrow) a power wrapping machine, you can whip out a finished rod in a hurry. If you're going to be making a lot of rods, you might look at these.

Either way, wrap a layer of thread for all guides, then give them a couple coats of color preserver, let it dry, then do the next layer. Saltwater rods generally have an underlayer of thread that the guide sits on, then one or two layers (usually different colors) holding it in place.

Once all the thread is on and "color preserved" and dried, mix up the epoxy varnish and put it on. Here is where a rod-turning machine is very useful -- on the "drying" setting it will slowly rotate so the varnish will harden smoothly rather than dripping. Otherwise you have to turn the rod a quarter-turn every 2-3 minutes for a couple of hours.

Now that is offshore fishing for Wahoo - www.CSEoutdoors.com

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