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5 weight guide sizes
Posted by:
Justin Gould
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Date: December 22, 2015 05:04PM
Going to be building a CTS 9' 5 weight and was going to go with a 12 and a 10 stripper and then snake brand light wire guides 4-3-1-1-1-1-1-1. What would be the advantage/ disadvantage to using 1 or 2 strippers? What would be your layout? Re: 5 weight guide sizes
Posted by:
Spencer Phipps
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Date: December 22, 2015 06:04PM
Your # 10 guide will have a smaller ID than your first two snakes, I wouldn't use them for that reason. Re: 5 weight guide sizes
Posted by:
Russell Brunt
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Date: December 22, 2015 06:26PM
Yup, size 12 or 10 double foot stripper. Then whatever makes a nice transition from that to the size 1 snakes (in the proper location). Maybe a 3 or a 2??? Three total different sized guides. No need for a tamer on a 5 wt. IMHO.
Could always ask Herb L. as he builds a lot of CTS fly rods. He is fond of recoil guides IIRC. Russ in Hollywood, FL. Re: 5 weight guide sizes
Posted by:
Tom Kirkman
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Date: December 22, 2015 06:55PM
Skip the in-between sizes. I know it seems to make sense but if you actually lay them out and look, you'll find that using fewer sizes results in a straighter line path and less weight. Omit the 4 and 3. Go right from your second ringed guide to the #1's. I'd substitute a #8 for the #10 ringed guide. Or, substitute a #3 snake for the #10 ringed.
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Posted by:
Bill Hickey
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Date: December 23, 2015 09:55PM
I have done a gang of builds on the 905 CTS blanks, all models. Tom is totally correct on not using more than 3 sizes of guides, the rod will cast much better having a straight line path thru the guides.
I am also a big fan of Snake Brand Universal guides, low profile, round profile and very small foot print on the blank. I'd use a #10 double foot for the stripper, then a #2 snake, followed by either #1 or #1/0 for the rest of them, if your line connections will pass thru a #1/0 use that, if not move up to the #1 size. Your going to pay a bit more for the Snake Brand Guides, another trade off is that they do not require any foot prep if using size A thread. REC recoil would be my second choice, another quality guide. Re: 5 weight guide sizes
Posted by:
Justin Gould
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Date: December 23, 2015 10:58PM
Thank you all for your input. One last question, with the snake brand guides would you go with the light wire or the regular guides? Re: 5 weight guide sizes
Posted by:
Bill Hickey
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Date: December 24, 2015 06:52AM
Light Wire Universal. Anglers Workshop does carry Snake Brand guides. Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/24/2015 06:54AM by Bill Hickey. Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
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