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med spin guides?
Posted by:
Alex Petley
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Date: January 10, 2006 09:41PM
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 Re: med spin guides?
Posted by:
Mike Barkley
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Date: January 10, 2006 10:31PM
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!! Re: med spin guides?
Posted by:
Raymond Adams
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Date: January 10, 2006 11:40PM
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.. Re: med spin guides?
Posted by:
Alex Petley
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Date: January 11, 2006 12:07AM
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. Re: med spin guides?
Posted by:
Cliff Hall
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Date: January 11, 2006 03:51AM
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 Re: med spin guides?
Posted by:
Alex Petley
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Date: January 11, 2006 11:39AM
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 Re: med spin guides?
Posted by:
Cliff Hall
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Date: January 11, 2006 08:36PM
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+++ Re: med spin guides?
Posted by:
Alex Petley
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Date: January 12, 2006 10:31PM
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. Re: med spin guides?
Posted by:
Cliff Hall
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Date: January 12, 2006 11:28PM
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***** Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
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