Hi, in yours opinion, which is the best diamater on gudebrod thread for a carp rod? Thanks.

`A` grade or `oo` gauge

I personally use size A thread for everything, but you could use whatever size you would like to use.

Sean Endres
North East Rod Builders
New London, CT



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/01/2006 09:27AM by Sean Endres.

Typically, it takes over 40 pounds of pull to rip a line guide off the rod blank. You would often destroy the guide frame or snap the rod before the guide pulled out of the wraps. ANY SIZE THREAD will provide 3 to 7 times that amount of holding power.

TITLE: "Gudebrod Thread Table: Strength & Weight of Guide Wraps for Size 2/0 - E" For general reference, a Table of Calculated Strengths and Weights of UNFINISHED Gudebrod Thread Wraps for Sizes 2/0-E, for Silk, Regular Nylon, NCP and HT Metallics, assuming a thread wrap bandwidth of 1 cm, around a rod blank of circumference of 1 cm (OD = 1/Pi = 3.18 mm), is available at: [www.rodbuilding.org]
(Calculated values, not direct "in-situ" measurements.)
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