want to know if you could make a size 7 tiptop be made (by splitting the tube ) to fit a blank with a size 9 tip ???? i know , i know , get a proper size tip top , right ?? , well i don't want a huge ring top ( size 8 or bigger ) because i am gonna be using micro guides ( 5's on the transition , 4 all the way to the tip ) so yeah , just wanted to know if you guys have tried doing this , i know it's a little extreme but hey , this is what i want on this rod and don't want to compromise . so please give me some feed back , i am hoping to hear it can be done . by the way , the project in question is a St.Croix legend tournament 8'6" BIG DAWG muskie rod . the blank has a size 9 tip . the tip top i want to put on is Acid Rods braced micro guide tip top , size 4 ring / size 7 tube .........

you know i was just using the darn "search" button and was seeing the concern for heavy line going through micro guide tip tops , sounds like i would have a problem with 20# - 30# mono passing through a size 4 ring tip top !!!!! LOL , =) , so would a size 6 ring be a lot better , or should i say work better !!?? well i guess i can live with a size 6 tip top but then i would still have the task of making a size 7 tube fit on a blank with a size 9 tip !!!

I dont see why it wouldn't. Another option although not as nice is to wrap a guide on there.

Freddwhy (Rapt-Ryte)

just concerned that a wrapped single foot guide would not be that durable on such a heavy duty rod that is gonna be throwing BIG swim baits ( 7 - 17 oz. baits !!)

Peter,
Just get the size tip that will fit on the end of the rod. If the tip happens to be size 7 or 8 - so be it. It will have 0 effect on the castability or the usablility of the rod, and you will have a nice strong tip section. With muskie rods, the tip is very important for the long term durablity of the rod. Many many of the musky builders around here will use only silicon carbide guides with ring sizes no smaller than size 7 or 8. Just too much going on with the tip section. You need the durablity.

Good luck.
Roger.

Or try this [www.rodbuilding.org]

Chuck

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So if I went with a size 6 ring , and seeing as nobody makes a 6 ring tip top with nothing over a size 7 tube , will I be able to still make it work by splitting the tube and making it work on a size 9 blank tip ??

What about a 7 or an 8 What the Hay. Knots will surely pass. It will look a little funky - but so does a spiral wrap ???

Bill - willierods.com

I kind of want to stay around a 6 tiptop , as for knots , I just use a main line (25&30# Izorline xxx copolmer mono ) so there will be no knots . if I have to I will compromise with a size 7 ringed tiptop .

Peter,
Actually, you are about the only one that will notice whether the tip is a size 6 or a size 7.
Do you really think the extra work and result is worth the effort?

Roger