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| The cork on one of my rods is quickly getting pretty beat up and I was thinking about maybe using some of the rod wrap stuff to wrap the foregrip but wasn't sure how that'd work for just the foregrip? I dont see why it wouldn't but ive never used the stuff. anyone use anything else for this? |
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Location: Eastern Ontario | I just use hockey tape you can get it in black ,white, red, blue and probably more, cheap and provides good grip. I do the whole handle on my trolling rods to keep them from getting chewed up in rod holders. If there is any metal in the reel seat I cover that too makes for warmer hands and the reel more secure |
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Location: Central Minnesota | I use tennis over grip wrap. It has great cushion and absorbs sweat or water well but doesn't get too soaked. Bob turgeon has wrote about this in his tech tips in musky hunter. I find it works well and I think I get a better hook set griping the foregrip. Also much easier on your hand fishing all day opposed to palming the reel. |
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| I use hockey tape as well |
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Location: Leech Lake, Walker MN | I have used bicycle Handel bar wrap for years never a problem works great |
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| I use rod handle wrap on all my musky rods and I don't think I'll ever go without it. |
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| Ive used tennis racket wrap and worked great. Only problem with it was when you would leave a lure on your hook hanger the leather would get chewed up. Also a great idea is to build the fore grip up with some "pipe insulating foam" and then put the wrap over top of that. Bigger, thicker fore grip = WAY less fatigue. I have found electrical tape tightly wrapped over the "foam" has worked for me the best and lasts the longest. |
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Location: SE, WI. | There is shrink tubing for rods now. I use it on many of my rods. Find out from some good rod builders, they know about it. JD |
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| joemsanderson - 4/14/2013 5:28 PM
I use tennis over grip wrap. It has great cushion and absorbs sweat or water well but doesn't get too soaked. Bob turgeon has wrote about this in his tech tips in musky hunter. I find it works well and I think I get a better hook set griping the foregrip. Also much easier on your hand fishing all day opposed to palming the reel.
This is superior to other tapes IMO, as it comes off easier at the end of the season. Also, in addition to thickening and softening your grip, you can also use some wrap to extend the grip snug against the reel seat. It seems like such a silly little thing, but it really makes a differennce in comfort when casting all day. I do this to all my setups.
One thing on the tape, if you fish a lot, you will want to be able to remove it at some point as the grip tape is designed to absorb sweat, which means after a few month it is going to get stinky. I use a grip material that is reuseable that I can dry out for beefing up my foregrip and then the green racket tape to seal it all in. When I unravel this stuff due to stench, I discard the green stuff and dry out the wrap. |
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| USe one of the first two to build up and then cover with the third |
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| Try that again...did not realize I was logged off.
Use one of the first two to build up and then cover with the third.
Don's sugestion fo rbike grip also works awesome this is just cheaper...
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| thanks for the suggestions gents |
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