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January 15, 201011Welcome To The Batson Newsletter
Batson Enterprises Hand wrapper
Batson Drying Machine With Vertical Stand
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January 29, 201012Batson Handle Kits
Custom Shrink Tibing
The Rod Bench Tips & Tricks ( Steps to Apply A Decal )
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February 12, 201013Alps LXN Guides
Alps PP Tip Top
Industry News - ICRBE
The rod bench tips & tricks (Steps to Replace Dream Reamer Sand Paper)
You Should Have Been There
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February 26, 201014Musky Rod Blanks
Surf Rod Blanks
The Rod Bench-Tips and Tricks. Steps To Apply HST (Heat Shrink Tubing)
You Should Have Been There
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March 12, 201015Swim Bait Blanks
ALPS Aluminum Trigger Reel Seats
Industry News - ICRBE
The Rod Bench - Tips and Tricks (Creating a Tiger Wrap
You Should Have Been There
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March 26, 201016Switch Rod Blanks
Switch Rod Cork
ALPS RA701L2 Fly Seat
The Rod Bench - Tips and Tricks (Installing a Switch Rod Grip)
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April 9, 201017RX8 Travel Fly Blanks
High End Fly Cork
BUL5 Fly SeatY Fly Seat
The Rod Bench - Tips and Tricks (Installing a Switch Rod Grip, Part Two)
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April 23, 201018RCJB Jig Blanks
RCTB Tuna Blanks
ALPS XN Guides
ALPS CAH Reel Seats
The Rod Bench - Tips and Tricks (Spiral Wrap)
You Should Have Been There
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May 7, 201019RX8+ Bass Blanks
Mini Guides and Mini Tip Tops
Bass Blank Design 101
The Rod Bench - Tips and Tricks (Steps to Replace a Guide)
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May 21, 2010110Rainshadow Downrigger / Kokanee Trolling Blanks
Woven Carbon Handle System
Textured Reel Seats
The Rod Bench - Tips and Tricks (Installing a Rear Woven Graphite Handle)
You Should Have Be
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June 4, 2010111Blank Applications
RX8 Bass Blanks
ALPS Custom Aluminum Winding Checks (AWCCO)
ALPS Spinning and Casting Seat Trim Rings
The Rod Bench - Tips and Tricks (Rod Jewelry)
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June 18, 2010112XST Salmon/Steelhead Blanks
Split Grips
The Rod Bench - Tips and Tricks (Split Grip Assembly)
You Should Have Been There
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July 2, 2010113New Products - Blanks and Components
Project Healing Waters
The Rod Bench - Tips and Tricks (Applying a Fish Decal)
You Should Have Been There
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July 16, 2010114FBWC Winding Check
Flanged P Tip Top
New RX8 Bass Blanks
The Rod Bench - Tips and Tricks (Trim Bands and Inlays)
You Should Have Been There
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July 30, 2010115ALPS TRI-RAH12M Fly Reel Seat
New Fly Rod Blanks
ICAST 2010
The Rod Bench - Tips and Tricks (Personalize Your Custom Built Rod)
You Should Have Been There
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August 13, 2010116New X Popping Blanks
Y Guides
The Rod Bench - Tips and Tricks (Learn how to upgrade your Forecast Wrap Machine with the ALPS Wrap Machine Chuck)
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August 27, 2010117New ALPS MXN Rod Guides
New X-Walleye
The Rod Bench - Tips and Tricks (Tip Top Installation)
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September 10, 2010118New ALPS DALT20 Double Aluminum Trigger Casting Reel Seat
New XST Salmon/Steelhead Blanks
The Rod Bench - Tips and Tricks (Rod Recipes)
You Should Have Been There
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September 24, 2010119New Rainshadow RX7 / IMU Musky Blank Models
Musky Rod Handle Kit
You Should Have Been There
The Rod Bench - Tips and Tricks (Taping Guides for Wrapping)
Industry News - The Next Generation
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October 8, 2010120New Blue X-Flock Shrink Tubing
New SWT Saltwater Travel Rod Blanks
You Should Have Been There
The Rod Bench - Tips and Tricks (X-Flock Shrink Tubing - Complete Grip Coverage)
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October 22, 2010121New Forecast RX6 Popping Rod Blanks
New ALPS Aluminum Trigger Reel Seat Colors
West Coast Custom Rod & Tackle Show SUCCESS
You Should Have Been There
The Rod Bench - Tips and Tricks (Creating and Using Thread Wrap Sticks)
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November 4, 2010122ALPS Roller Guides and Roller Tops
New Forecast "I" Window Fly Seat
Review of Rainshadow RX8
The Rod Bench, Tips and Tricks Bubble Buster (Alcohol Torch)
You Should Have Been There
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November 19, 2010123Batson Enterprises Rod Building Video
Forecast Dream Reamer
Hand Wrapper and Drying Machine
The Rod Bench, Tips and Tricks (Batson Handwrapper)
You Should Have Been There - G.Land
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December 3, 2010124The Rainshadow Composite Live Bait Blanks (RCLB)
Saltwater EVA grips
Applying EVA foam handles to your fishing rod blank
The Rod Bench, Tips and Tricks (Batson Handwrapper)
You Should Have Been There - Rick Jensen
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December 17, 2010125Fly Rod Handle Kits
Forecast 5 piece travel fly rod blanks
The Rod Bench, Tips & Tricks-Simple Feather Inlay
You Should Have Been There - Louise Dobbs
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December 31, 2010126Thank YouClick Here
January 14, 2011II1NEW EVA Fighting Butts EVAFBS & EVAFBL
GCB710MH-Large deep diving crankbaits
The Rod Bench-Tips and Tricks: Gluing the Reel Seat with Tape Arbors
You Should Have Been There - R&D
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January 29, 2011II2Rainshadow RX7 IST/ISA Salmon/Steelhead Blanks
Forecast BPLT05F and BPLT05R Tip Top
The International Custom Rod Building Exposition
The Rod Bench, Tips and Tricks - Applying the EVA fore grip
You Should Have Been There - Kevin Brotz
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February 25, 2011II3High End EVA Foam Grips
Rainshadow XBB964
The Batson Master Catalog
The Rod Bench- Tips and Tricks- How to read a Rod Recipe
You Should Have Been There- Eric Noguchi
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March 25, 2011II4Rainshadow XST1562
Forecast High End Aluminum Butt cap- HEABC
ICRBE 2011- High Point, NC
You Should Have Been There - Joe & Sal
The Rod Bench, Tips and Tricks - Simple Snake Skin Application
Master Rod Builder- Mark Crouse, aka The Munich Rod Man
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April 22, 2011II5SS316 stainless steel - another Batson/ALPS first
Rainshadow XP843 inshore popping blank
Another great show at the Lamiglas facility
You Should Have Been There-Capt. Gabe Nyblad
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May 20, 2011II6ALPS HERA7WL2-WTS
ALPS HERA7L1-SKC
Rainshadow XF662-4, XF793-4
Standing Tall, Native American Youth Conference
The Rod Bench, Tips and Tricks - Assembly of ALPS high end fly seat HERA7L1SKC
You Should Have Been There - Matt Lubaway
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June 24, 2011II7ALPS CAHLX * Window Reel Seats
Forecast TS66MH Tough Stick
New 2011 Batson Enterprises Catalog
The Rod Bench-Tips and Tricks: Marbelizing
Master Rod Builder - Randy Parpart (Putter)
You Should Have Been There-Bill Falconer
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July 22, 2011II8ALPS ATEX14 Single trigger window casting reel seat
NEW ALPS Micro Guides and Micro Tip Tops
Next Generation- Foley Harp
Review of RX8 9ft 6wt 4 pc.
Master Rod Builder- Steve Gardner
Batson Catalog 2011
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August 19, 2011II9New ALPS Slim Slick Butt rear grip/handle
Rainshadow RCLB79ML(Tarpon) & RCLB79MH (wreck rod)
2011 ASA I-CAST
Master Rod Builder - Doc Ski
The Rod Bench, Tips & Tricks How to find Mini/Micro Guide Spacing
You Should Have Been There - Les Korcala
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September 23, 2011II10Redesigned Rainshadow RX7 & Forecast RX6 spey rod blanks
Forecast RA8.5 SKC Spey reel seat & matching Forecast super grade Spey rod cork
AFFTA
Master Rodbuilder- Christian Weckesser, Germany
The Rod Bench, Tips and Tricks= Fly Seat Assembly made easy
You Should Have Been There- by Ri
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October 21, 2011II11Forecast HK8 & HK12 Fishing Rod Handle Kit
DSS Salmon Steelhead Blanks-Forecast RX6
Master Rod Builder: Wayne Folkes
The Rod Bench - Adding A Fish Decal
You Sould Have Been There - Tammy
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