Building another spinning rod. This one is for boondogging and jigging for steelhead.
Using MICROWAVE guides for the first time.
Do I set the stripping guide using the straight-edge method and the choke with Tom's 27X formula like I always do?
Thanks
Harry

Harry T. Bell

The guides will include a direction sheet showing the stripper guide at 19.5" from the reel, the transition guide at 30.5" and the first running guide at 39 7/8". No need to vary the distances on these, they work quite well. Running guides are best place using the static method.

Thanks,
Chad Huderle

Huderle Custom Rods
Prior Lake, MN



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/08/2014 09:37PM by Chad Huderle.

On the Microwave guide system, the choke guide is on the butt guide.

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There are instructions in the set, like Chad mentioned. I measure from the handle end, as suggested in the instructions. I have found that there is some room for placement of the butt guide, within reason. The distance between the butt guide, transition and choker guides is most important, make sure that they are the correct distance apart. If you have a longer rod than you may have to add an additional running guide or two. After the butt, transition and choker guide are on, I use a piece of bow sight rubber tubing and cut small rings from it, and slide them on the rod and slide the running guides under them and load the rod to see how it wants to act. (when I do this, I make sure that I thread all the guides onto a string and attach it to an old reel placed in the reel seat- because finding the little buggers can be a pain if you knock one off in the process.) You may need to move the running guides around a bit, but the guide spacing listed on the back page of the instructions seem to take a lot of the guess work out of the process and gets you pretty close. Good Luck Harry, See you on the MRB FB page..