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guide placement on a 9''6
Posted by: Robert crabtree (---.proxy.aol.com)
Date: July 20, 2005 11:23AM

hello all having a little trouble with guide placement on this one im building on a g.loomis 9''6 med.power with a fast action i kinda followed the stadic guide placement and ended up with eleven guides 12 with the tip does this seem right any help would be appreciated......

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Re: guide placement on a 9''6
Posted by: Anonymous User (Moderator)
Date: July 20, 2005 12:13PM

It sounds fine. Trust your static guide placement to dictate where the guides need to go. You're probably doing everything right and as you gain more experience you'll have more confidence in your own findings.

11 guides plus top is not at all out of line for a rod of that length.

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Re: guide placement on a 9''6
Posted by: Robert crabtree (---.proxy.aol.com)
Date: July 20, 2005 12:24PM

i think your more then right tom trying new things is always frustrating when it comes to a customers rod. need to trust what im doing key word. its a little differnt then the way i put the guides on before thanks tom. by the way wife says im to anul and i need to quit talking to myself and the kids think im going crazy hope i aint alone in that department either lol

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Re: guide placement on a 9''6
Posted by: Ken Finch (---.int.bellsouth.net)
Date: July 20, 2005 12:42PM

I have a St. Croix 9'6" 8wt that ended up with 12 guides and a top. I kept them small and light and the rod is sweet.

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Re: guide placement on a 9''6
Posted by: Spencer Phipps (---.hsd1.wa.comcast.net)
Date: July 20, 2005 07:25PM

Robert,
Sounds like a ST11432 maybe. A fine blank. The IST Rainshadow and XSH Lamiglas blanks are also top notch. The Rainshadows are a great value. They all seem to use your amount of guides.

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