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Stripper/Butt guide placement and Grip shapes...for what it is worth
Posted by:
Robert Hively
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Date: June 02, 2005 07:20AM
First Butt Guide or Stripper position is measured from center of reel seat:
Fly 28 - 35" UL Spin 18 - 25" M Spin 22 - 28" and Heavy to 33†Cast 16 - 24" Surf 25 - 34" Boat 22 - 28" Spey and Spey/Spin combo 28 - 35†GRIP SHAPES and FATIGUE -- Can’t recall where I got this; was in magazine I believe. Interesting nevertheless. Using the standard grip styles, and rating from least tiring to most tiring, here are the results: 1. Cigar 2. Reversed half-wells 3. Western (reversed half-wells with smaller diameter front end) 4. Superfine (for lighter rods only) 5. Manuform 6. Full-wells and half-wells (Fenwick) Hive Re: Stripper/Butt guide placement and Grip shapes...for what it is worth
Posted by:
Jim Williams
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Date: June 03, 2005 12:08AM
Thanks for that Mr. Hively. I appreciate this post. I printed it for my archives of info.
Jim Re: Stripper/Butt guide placement and Grip shapes...for what it is worth
Posted by:
Scott Kinney
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Date: June 03, 2005 02:07AM
My personal rankings of grips, for what it's worth (best to worst):
1.) Cigar (ahhhhh) 2.) Fenwick (at least your thumb has a nice place to go!) 3.) Full Wells (grip up top for accuracy, down low for distance?!?) 4.) Reverse Half Wells (yuck...too damn small) 5.) Western (smaller diameter and less comfortable) 6.) Superfine (even more so) Re: Stripper/Butt guide placement and Grip shapes...for what it is worth
Posted by:
Scott Kinney
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Date: June 03, 2005 02:07AM
My personal rankings of grips, for what it's worth (best to worst):
1.) Cigar (ahhhhh) 2.) Fenwick (at least your thumb has a nice place to go!) 3.) Full Wells (grip up top for accuracy, down low for distance?!?) 4.) Reverse Half Wells (yuck...too damn small) 5.) Western (smaller diameter and less comfortable) 6.) Superfine (even more so) Re: Stripper/Butt guide placement and Grip shapes...for what it is worth
Posted by:
eric zamora
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Date: June 03, 2005 04:07AM
i'm kind of surprised at that list of grip shapes. cigar is classic, but i wonder if its choice is influenced by the same classic feelings regardless of how comfortable it might be
personally, i find the fenwick shape the best and i'm speaking specifically of smal stream trout fly rods. i'm even going to try a ritz style shape soon. odd that the manuform (sp?) was so low on that first list when it's designed to be anatomically proportioned for comfort. perhaps, like my feelings about the cigar (which i find comfortable, just not THAT much), the manuform is conversely influenced because quite frankly, it's the UGLIEST ;-) it's all subjective, isn't it??? eric fresno, ca. Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
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