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Guides: How many is too many?
Posted by:
Richard Chappel
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Date: February 05, 2006 04:18PM
6'6" fast action casting rod. In order to keep the line off of the rod it appears I'm going to set a record for the greatest number of guides. Constructive comments invited and welcomed.
Taking this a little further, I've not seen charts for guides that take the action of the rod into account. Just one of those experience things, right ? Thanks all! Re: Guides: How many is too many?
Posted by:
Jim Upton
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Date: February 05, 2006 04:40PM
Richard; You're not giving us much to go on here but if you have read the articles in the library on this site for guide placement and follow the advice there, I would say whatever the rod is telling you will be correct. Re: Guides: How many is too many?
Posted by:
sam fox
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Date: February 06, 2006 09:12AM
Richard,
I do a lot of bass rods in the 6 to 7 ft catagory, after flex testing I usually end up with 6 or seven guides. Don't know how this compares with your tests as you did not state what your record with most number of guides came to. Re: Guides: How many is too many?
Posted by:
kim nordblad
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Date: February 06, 2006 11:15AM
Hi Richard.
On my 7` spinning rod I have 8 guides and it works like a charm :-) The blank /reel combination will tell you how many and what size guides to use. Thanks to Tom it´s all in the library here, just make sure you will use the smallest and lightest guides possible considering reel and line size and you will be fine. Thanks -Kim- Re: Guides: How many is too many?
Posted by:
Duane Richards
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Date: February 06, 2006 03:53PM
Most bass rods, spinning and casting have 1 more guide than the length of the rod:
6' rod = 7 guides 7' rod = 8 guides and so on. Depending on the rods action these are variables, but work pretty well in most cases. If your 7' rod looks perfect with 9 guides, you can most likely remove one, cut down the weight by doing so and still make a dandy setup with 8 guides. Just figure having 1 more guide than the rods length in feet to get you started. DR Re: Guides: How many is too many?
Posted by:
William Bartlett
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Date: February 07, 2006 12:00AM
Agree with Duane. Rule of thumb is 1 guide for each foot of length + 1 and the tip. Then static test, adjust, cast, adjust, then tie 'em down. Bill in WV Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
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