I may have missed it in the video and other reading material, but I haven't seen any recommendation on how far from the reel to place the KW10, assuming a typical low profile, narrow spool casting reel. Anyone have advice? About 20 inches appears about right to me, and fits well in the flex of my current rod project. What are the tradeoffs of going too short or too long? thanks, Mick

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20 inches is always a good start for a typical 6-7 foot rod. Do some test casting and if you don't like it, move the guide before applying finish.

Roger

Thanks, guys. Jim Ising suggests starting at 19, minus a little if light action, plus a little if long/stiff.

Jim G, is there casting layout info on the GPS button? Missed it.

GPS is a spinning reduction train tool ONLY.

I set it up at 19 with guides on top and it casts like a dream with 15# flourocarbon and a Revo STX. I didn't try many variations, but it doesn't appear to be that sensitive to the position of that first guide.

One thing I tried, just for the heck of it, was to make the rod into a simple spiral rod. While I didn't really try to tune it much, it appeared to me that the simple spiral cost me significant distanc, about 15 feet.. I used a low 5.5 double foot for the 90 degree guide. The line path wasn't as straight as I would have liked it, certainly not as straight as with guides on top. There might have been a way to figure it out, but I really wanted a setup exactly like Fuji recommends, so I didn't try very hard.