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 Post subject: My winter season
PostPosted: March 26th, 2017, 8:40 pm 
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This culminates my winter season

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 Post subject: Re: My winter season
PostPosted: March 26th, 2017, 8:50 pm 
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1weight wrote:
This culminates my winter season

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Really sorry to see that. Good news can be fixed.
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 Post subject: Re: My winter season
PostPosted: March 26th, 2017, 9:11 pm 
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Yes I realize that. But it's that it happened and it shouldn't have. Trying to decide whether to shorten just the mid or the butt, mid, and both tips. Been discussing it with a guy I know. It could be a 3pc 7.33' or a 3pc 7.00' rod.

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 Post subject: Re: My winter season
PostPosted: March 26th, 2017, 11:03 pm 
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Bummer! I would just shorten the mid. If you shorten the butt and the tips ,you will change the action of the rod even more.
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 Post subject: Re: My winter season
PostPosted: March 27th, 2017, 7:25 am 
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That sucks, Ron. Sorry...... :-(

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 Post subject: Re: My winter season
PostPosted: March 27th, 2017, 9:08 am 
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Orvis Battenkill? Orvis may still have a blank kicking around or make a new section.
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 Post subject: Re: My winter season
PostPosted: March 27th, 2017, 9:08 am 
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 Post subject: Re: My winter season
PostPosted: March 27th, 2017, 9:26 am 
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Build a new mid.

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 Post subject: Re: My winter season
PostPosted: March 27th, 2017, 10:44 am 
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So....how did this happen? Bad timing for the coming season...sorry this happened to a great rod.

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 Post subject: Re: My winter season
PostPosted: March 27th, 2017, 2:24 pm 
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Thanks all.

TM, Going to go with mid shortened. It'll be 2" shorter at the most.
AW, It is an Orvis, set of blanks I picked up from Ebay. Seller was not affiliated with Orvis, but had somehow scored a bunch of blanks. I had assembled and/or built everything but blanks and Hardware.
Hunter, thought of that but not sure on impregnation.
Hutch, A momentary lack of judgement. A bonehead maneuver. A dumb ass move!!!! We'll leave it at that.

Ron

PS Have plenty more in my quiver to choose and use. Plus 2 sets of blanks to finish off, and just got a text that another one that I just located is ready to be picked up.

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