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Spiral wrap bottom/trolling rod with bumper guide
Posted by:
Stan Kulgoski
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Date: April 05, 2006 10:38AM
Currently in the process of building a bottom/trolling rod targeting strippers and blues, on a Lamiglas CGBT841M 7' 30# class Tri-Flex blank. I had planned to use Fuji MNSG guides spiral wrapped utilizing a bumper guide. Guides wrapped with "A" nylon.
Looking for opinions or suggestions regarding the use on my selection of guide type/style. Should these guides be adaquate, or should I go in another direction? In addition, any comments on the bumper style of spiral wrap for this purpose would be appreciated. Re: Spiral wrap bottom/trolling rod with bumper guide
Posted by:
Anonymous User
(Moderator)
Date: April 05, 2006 10:41AM
The Simple Spiral Bumper should work at least as well as anything else (if not better) and would very simple to set up. Guide type you specify is probably okay. Once you locate the guides under the rod, you generally don't need to use quite as heavy a model as you would otherwise.
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Posted by:
Jay Lancaster
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Date: April 05, 2006 11:07AM
Question about the 180 guides on a 30# saltwater rod. Would the SG or LSG single foots hold up or would you be better off going with something like the LBSG?
Jay Re: Spiral wrap bottom/trolling rod with bumper guide
Posted by:
Billy Vivona
(67.72.26.---)
Date: April 05, 2006 11:51AM
Jay, on that specific blank the single foot fly guides offer NO benefit whatsoever. The LB's are heavier compared to the MN or LN's, so no real benefit to using those either.
The single foots will hold up just fine on fish, but they will not hold up when the rod gets banged around while fishing, transporting the rod, or some other mysterious way. If it were a lighter blank/application, you could deal with having to replace a guide here and there, but for what he's doing there is no need whatsoever for them. Re: Spiral wrap bottom/trolling rod with bumper guide
Posted by:
Jay Lancaster
(12.174.137.---)
Date: April 05, 2006 01:41PM
Thanks Billy.
Jay Re: Spiral wrap bottom/trolling rod with bumper guide
Posted by:
Michael Joyce
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Date: April 05, 2006 02:31PM
Stan, I recently wrapped a BT963M trimmed to 7ft for wire line trolling tube and worm. I used SIN II's because of the wire and wrapped it bumper style, just enough bump to keep the wire off the blank. I think this set up will be perfect for this type of trolling. If I were to be using lead core, I'd probablly use the MNSG's. Re: Spiral wrap bottom/trolling rod with bumper guide
Posted by:
Stan Kulgoski
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Date: April 05, 2006 07:55PM
Thanks guys, The reel on this rod is a Quantum saltwater CLW20PTS spooled with 30# braided. As Billy noted, I expect this rod to get some pretty good use, that is why I was concerned about the guide type and style. Knowing the owner of this rod, he will probaly try to pull lobster pots if he gets hung up on one. But rest assured I will clue him in before hand.
Thanks Billy and also to you Mike, I'll be seeing you at the NERB gathering on the 29th. P.S. I beleive that wrapping with "A" would be OK. Any thoughts on this? Re: Spiral wrap bottom/trolling rod with bumper guide
Posted by:
Jim Racela (J.AkuHed)
(---.ont)
Date: April 09, 2006 12:54PM
If you are concerned with durability, then why not consider the new Fuji HBSG
[shop.mudhole.com] Also, vfor the bumber guide I have used the single foot LBSG #8-#10 wto rods upt 60# with no ill effects "A" thread should be fine, remember there are more thread per mm than "C" or "D" sized threads. Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
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