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  1. 03-28-2020, 04:05 PM #1
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    Quarantine project

    That was fun
    Worked on fixing an old fly rod that had a bad fracture. First I measured the damaged area and cut a fiberglass wand to length. This was followed by sanding it's diameter down to where it fit inside the rod. I glued the wand inside the rod with jb weld then covered the outside of the repair with more jb weld and wound a double layer of Dacron thread over the repair and into the jb weld before it set. Finally I added another layer of jb weld over the thread. Now to let it cure. I will find out tomorrow if it will hold up to casting. Now time for another cup of coffee and on to the next thing

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  2. 03-29-2020, 10:38 AM #2
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    This morning I put a reel loaded with a 5wt weight forward fly line on it and did 50-60 casts. It worked beautifully. The real test will be how it holds up when there is a fish on the line, although that could be quite a while given the current situation.
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  3. 03-29-2020, 11:47 AM #3
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    Are they letting you guys go to parks and fish and stuff like that?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Honda View Post
    Are they letting you guys go to parks and fish and stuff like that?
    The only place I can go is the Bass Ponds on the Arroyo because it is walk in with street parking otherwise the parks are closed. Float tubes only and its a PITA to get to so not many folks go there.
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    Nice work, TG. You have skills.

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    Our public lakes and streams are open. All parks shut down.
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    Closed rec areas around here. Took the grand kids out for some rc rock crawling this morning. First time running the cars for 2 of them and of course they didn't go fast enough. Not as if they could drive them. LOL.
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