Hi,
Who knows what size threads to use for guides carp rod?
Best regards

You can use size A threads, as the blank diameters aren't that large. It is up to you though, A is finer, so if you have eye problems C or D may be worth trying, especially for simple wraps.

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.
-Cliff Hall+++, Gainesville, FL-USA*****



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/02/2006 01:22AM by Cliff Hall.

Functionally size A is all you ever need. Take an Aftco roller guide and make a 1/2 inch long wrap over each foot, then try to pull the guide out of the wraps. You'll find that it takes over 40# of pressure to do it. And what ends up happening is not wrap failure, but the guide frame itself deforms allowing the guide feet to slide towards each other. My goto tuna stick is spiral wrap with single foot Fuji LBSGs and A thread. Its spooled with 80# line and set up with 25# of drag at strike. I've never had a wrap failure.

Dave

All thanks

Evgeniy