First butt wrap

[StickFish]

Well I went and played with my first butt wrap. Perhaps a couple of you guys have some pointers on getting these started. I looked at an alignment tool but didn't like it so I used the shine on the blank from an over head light source as my straight edge and placed two china marks. Than ran a 1/4" piece of masking tape from mark to mark to put a line on the zero axis. Repeated for the 180 axis. I went to the middle of the wrap and used another 1/4" piece of tape to go around the blank and marked where it crossed, did that twice and on the second one folded it in 1/2. Blank turned out to be 41mm in circumference at that point. So one the zero axis I marked 20.5mm, than 41 from that on out to cover the 6". One the 180 axis I started at 41mm like described in the Decorative wraps book. Anyway used halo, gold, green and blue on a blank that is a bluish green and tipped in Purple - basic open square.

Thing I'm curious is do you guys wrap from butt to tip everytime or do you go tip to butt. Seem I need to get 4 threads down before I can push the threads and get them to stay - any tips on that?

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[Grady252]

That's gonna look real nice when the thread finish is on......

I followed the instructions in a book I have and used a piece of thread as a straight line and pulled it out when done. Use a piece of thread with spacing marks on it and just slide it out when done, before you tie off the ends......

They also make a 1/8" wide thread in the favorite guderbrod collors for doing decorative butt wraps, I have not used it yet, but it would be a whole lot easier than individual threads.... Angler's carries it.....2006 catologue page 115 bottom....

I wrap both directions....

[phamf]

From my personal experience is to start on the bottom wrap up, then tape it when you are on the top, looping down and keep repeating the process till you're finished. I choose to go back to the top, wrap about 1/4" to 1/2" band to cover up the looped spots, then you can take the tape off while you're wrapping over the loops. BTW, good choice on the prizim threads. I use both green and blue and they look awesome. It definitely looks great when the rod is finished and the sun hits the thread.

[StickFish]

I've thought about trying the wide threads and my pick some up to play with. The sad thing is the HT Electra Green (gud 9358) has been discontinued. I found some listed on Shoff Tackle and ordered 5 spools of 100yd and 5 of the 350 size A - hope they actually have it in stock - I bought all the spools Anglers had a few months back and split them with 2slow. I have about 1 and 1/2 spools left and I know I have to save one spool for HiTekRdNek's live bait rod. On green and blue blanks that green thread looks really good.

I'll have to try the thread trick thanks Grady

Oh the first coat is drying I was looking and watching it turn, when my eyes focused on the hook keeper or should I say the absence of it. Yup, there is was sitting on the table - Doh!

[HOGGEMIN]

Looks good there Ted.............:cheers::cheers::cheers:

[drake7590]

great looking wrap