well, everything is coming together now...

however, i've got a question for the fly rod building pros on this forum.

i've got an 8'6" Rainshadow blank fly weight 6

RXF866 8'6" 2 6 4.5 .365

upon this i shall mount a Tioga #8 LA magnum

i've elected to use fuji tsg single foot guides. based on a St. Croix guide spacing chart i've come up with this arrangement/sizes of guides.

specifically sizes:

12 – 10 – 8 – 6-6-6-6-6-6 and the tiptop is a 7mm they don't make them any smaller.

see here

[www.shofftackle.com]

does this sound about right for the setup i'm building? i've transitioned from 12 to 10 to 8... yet i might be able to go directly from 12 to an 8?

i really don't know having never build a fly rod before.

thanks for any input and this excellent list.

mforrest

I like your choice of blanks!

As for the guides I would buy enough so that I could test it out both ways, then decide which set up to use after seeing/using it both ways. Getting it right is worth the extra expense.

Kevin