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Sandy Nelson

I’ve seen the light
« on: 09/02/2022 at 10:14 »
One from my stash of Koi agates  *smiley-love*


Mike Barrio

Re: I’ve seen the light
« Reply #1 on: 09/02/2022 at 10:33 »
Great shot  :z16

Graham Nicol

Re: I’ve seen the light
« Reply #2 on: 10/02/2022 at 07:51 »
Just out of curiosity have you ever had problem with the agates for I remember some early ones had a habit of splitting?

Sandy Nelson

Re: I’ve seen the light
« Reply #3 on: 10/02/2022 at 15:22 »
Hi Graham

I’ve never had an issue with stones splitting. Obviously if you stood on one or smacked it off a rock then it will likely break the same as a ceramic one would.  I’ve had a few rods back for new snakes due to being damaged and a couple of SiC’s that had been cracked against stones but never an agate (touch wood) I like to think people take a bit more care of their gear when they picked the components.
I actually find they are better for casting than SICs and that might be controversial but is based on experience :z16

Cheers

Sandy

Kevin McPherson

Re: I’ve seen the light
« Reply #4 on: 10/02/2022 at 22:40 »
 *smiley-love* Very nice 👍

Re: I’ve seen the light
« Reply #5 on: 11/02/2022 at 06:15 »
They do look very very nice.

Graham Nicol

Re: I’ve seen the light
« Reply #6 on: 11/02/2022 at 07:57 »
Sandy
Do you put these on the butt ring only or the full set and if the latter is there much additional weight added to the rod?

Sandy Nelson

Re: I’ve seen the light
« Reply #7 on: 11/02/2022 at 16:08 »
I only ever use them as a stripper at the butt.
I use Snakebrand universal Lites for the inters and always a normal loop tip.
Keeping the rings in the top half of the rod as light as possible does make a significant difference to the recovery rate which in turn affects the feel of the rod.  :z16

 




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