I usually build fly rods, but have two spin rods to build. They are Rainsinshadow RX7 9 ft 12-25 lb line up to 1 1/ 2 oz .
I am having a heck of a time deciding what type of guides to use. Do many people use double foot guides all the way up , part way , not at all. They are to be used for saltwater fishing from a boat. They will not be used by me.
I was going to use new concept system, but have not ordered anything yet.
Any help on this would be nice.
Cheers Ron

I would use all single foots with a Forhan wrap. Alconites are a good choice for the concept system I would use BLAG fly type size 8's for all but the first 3

Mike (Southgate, MI)
If I don't want to, I don't have to and nobody can make me (except my wife) cuz I'm RETIRED!!

I second Mike's advise and add that your Butt guide most likely be a #25 or #30 depending on the spool size
of the reel that would be used. You will need the reel or at least one like it to set up the New Guide Concept.
A good starting point for selecting the ring size of the butt guide is 50% reel spool diameter.

Raymond Adams
Eventually, all things merge, and a river runs through it..

Thank you for the help. It sounds like a good idea and I have some #8 BLAG's. I will borrow a reel.
Cheers Ron.

ALEX: - I'm curious what these two 9' RainShadow spinning rods will be used for, in saltwater from a boat? ... Are these blanks the RS RX-7 ISA-108-6-F ...? Thanks, CMH+++

RAINSHADOW RX-7 GRAPHITE ... SALMON / STEELHEAD
ISA-108-6-F Matte Clear 9'0" 2-pc 12-25lb. 0.75 - 1.50oz.
0.580” 6.0 Mod-Fast Hvy 4.02oz. $75.00-Add

Cliff:
Yes I believe they are salmon/steelhead blanks. Rainshadow ISA 1026f matt 9 ft 2 pc .75 to 1.5 oz . I got them from Utmost and a nice price from Carol, a little plug for her.
Somebody recomded them as a longer blank to make into a spin rod. My niece lives in Dubia and goes fishing for baracuda there. She wanted a rod and this was the best I could figure out. I think they go out in a boat and cast plugs to these things. The longer rod should help to cast a little farther and I figured the blank was heavey enough that she would not break it if she really yanks on it. I know very little about this if you have any input it would help me.
Cheers Ron

Where is Dubia?
Are these the same "barracuda" of the Florida Keys or another fish?
A Y-frame guide layout of 30-(25-20)-16-10-8-8-8-8-TT (mm) may work for you. Lots of (minor) variation here. -CMH+++

It is in the United Arab Emirates. It is just becoming a popular fishing place, I would not think it is cheap to fish there unless you know the locals, but that is true of most places. As far as I know it is the same barracuda there as far as fishing goes. It may be a seperate species.
Thank you for the guide size info.
Cheers Ron.

Alex - Sounds like those barracuda are about the same tropical ambush-wolf / attack-submarine-torpedos as we have in Florida. A good frisky bait-fish or a life-like plug or plastic body tube lure action is a good choice for barracuda. In fact, I haven't looked for them in a while, and I don't know who carries such lures anymore (try a saltwater lure catalog), but a tube lure is a good choice. It has about a 3/4 oz egg-sinker in the head behind a ~2/0 barrel swivel that is thru-rigged on heavy wire or stranded cable to a single hook at the end of a slant cut surgical tube. Another hook can be rigged mid-length for even more exciting un-hooking sessions. They last a while and are repairable and less expensive than losing an $8 plug to these violent and toothy critters. Just cut the surgical tube to length, slant-slice the whip-tail, re-cut & crimp some cable or do a haywire twist on some single strand wire. Slide the surgical tube over the egg-head sinker at the end of the day, and your ready for the next trip. With a half-dozen rigged and ready to go when she starts out, that should get her (your niece) thru a day's tide, and the repair work can be done off the water later. Red is a popular color, but I suspect a bright blue-green color would be good / better. Looks like a needlefish, the Lays Potato chip of the barracuda - "Nobody can eat just one."

"Dubai" - United Arab Emirates - Lots of good luck ... !! ... After recently seeing the movie Syriana (which I do not recommend until the DVD comes out) and Munich (which was much better and worth the ticket price, IMO), I am not planning any travel outside the USA and its Protectorates any time soon.
-Cliff Hall+++, Florida-USA*****