Need help fitting a spinning rod

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Posted by: Kurt Mogensen (---.142.96.50.dynamic.ip.windstream.net)

Date: November 22, 2012 07:42PM

I am building my first spinning rod for a friend's wife. He wants to use SiC guides. I don't know enough about sizing guides for such a light spinning rod and don't want to mess up on such an expensive guide set.
It is a 6.5' NFC blank (FW 602-1). I looked at the MH site and the recommended size for the YSG guides starts at a size 30 which seems large to me. It also recommends to finsh with the LSG-6 which is not included in the dropdown list. Also, the tip diameter is only 1.5mm. What is a recommended tiptop to use as I didn't see anything smaller than a 2.4mm?
Any and all help is greatly appreciated.

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