Two ways to do it
Posted by:
Tom Kirkman
(---.dialsprint.net)
Date: March 04, 2002 12:36PM
With the New Guide Concept, there is really no reason to incorporate it with anything else. From the point of the intersect guide, measure the distance to the tip of the rod. Divide it into equal parts and places guides accordingly. On lighter freshwater rods, you wouldn't want the guides more than about 4 to 5 inches apart. On heavier rods you may get by with having them 5 to 6 inches apart.
Example: If you have 20 inches past the intersect guide to the tip, you'd put the guides at 4 - 8 - 12 - 16 and the intersect guide at your 20 inch mark. If have sturdier rod and you don't feel you need that many, you could go 5 - 10 -15 and then the intersect guide. If you have an odd number such as 18 inches, or 23 inches, again, divide it equally among the number of guides you feel it needs. Again, on lighter rods I usually don't want more than 4 to 5 inches space between each one. On heavier rods, I get into 5 to 6 inches between them.
If you are set on using the Equal Angle grip to place your tip-most guides, you may need to make another line, say at the 140 degree point or what ever you need to get the tip on the 0 degree line. Then have the appropriate number of lines, equally divided by degree, Divide the number of guides you plan to use from the intersect point forward into the 140 degrees, or whatever degree line you have choosen to get the tip on the 0 degree line, and plot set-up lines from there.
Example: Your intersect guide is on the 140 degree line. You divide 140 by 5 and get 35. Plot lines at 35, 70, 105 degrees and locate guides there. This will actually result in a slightly progressive spacing, which is perfectly fine. You just want to stay within the spacing parameters for distances between guides I have given above.
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